#BD56E4#BD56E4

#BD56E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.219 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD56E4
RGB	rgb(189, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 62.67, -54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 83.12, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1559 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.219 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3154, 23.0772, 75.8198)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD56E4 #7DE456

analogous

#7656E4 #BD56E4 #E456C4

triadic

#BD56E4 #E4BD56 #56E4BD

tetradic

#BD56E4 #E47656 #7DE456 #56C4E4

square

#BD56E4 #E47656 #7DE456 #56C4E4

split-complementary

#BD56E4 #C4E456 #56E476

monochromatic

#7F1AA5 #A823DA #BD56E4 #D28BEC #E6C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BD56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BD56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD56E4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD56E4	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.219 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ced',
    500: '#bd56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd56e4;
$custom-light: #d48ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.521,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6404,
    "c": 0.21851,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD56E4

secondary

#BFE5B0

accent

#D51147

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD56E4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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