#BD56E6#BD56E6

#BD56E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.220 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD56E6
RGB	rgb(189, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 63.07, -55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 84.04, 318.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1558 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.22 315)
XYZ	xyz(38.5947, 23.1889, 77.2904)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD56E6 #7FE656

analogous

#7556E6 #BD56E6 #E656C7

triadic

#BD56E6 #E6BD56 #56E6BD

tetradic

#BD56E6 #E67556 #7FE656 #56C7E6

square

#BD56E6 #E67556 #7FE656 #56C7E6

split-complementary

#BD56E6 #C7E656 #56E675

monochromatic

#8019A9 #A821DE #BD56E6 #D28BEE #E7C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BD56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#BD56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD56E6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD56E6	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5387E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.220 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48cee',
    500: '#bd56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd56e6;
$custom-light: #d48cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.917,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64159,
    "c": 0.22043,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.23188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD56E6

secondary

#C0E6B1

accent

#D60F48

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD56E6

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

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