#BD59B2#BD59B2

#BD59B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.168 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59B2
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(307, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 51.93, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 59.57, 330.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% 0.1481 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.168 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5944, 21.1800, 44.4822)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59B2 #59BD64

analogous

#9659BD #BD59B2 #BD5980

triadic

#BD59B2 #B2BD59 #59B2BD

tetradic

#BD59B2 #BD9659 #59BD64 #5980BD

square

#BD59B2 #BD9659 #59BD64 #5980BD

split-complementary

#BD59B2 #80BD59 #59BD96

monochromatic

#6F2C68 #9B3E91 #BD59B2 #CE85C6 #E0B1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BD59B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BD59B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59B2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59B2	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5576B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4617D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.168 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cc9',
    500: '#bd59b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59b2;
$custom-light: #d38cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61755,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59B2

secondary

#A4CEA8

accent

#D36355

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59B2

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

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