#BD59BB#BD59BB

#BD59BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.176 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59BB
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(301, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 53.50, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 63.27, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1495 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.176 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5278, 21.5534, 49.3983)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59BB #59BD5B

analogous

#8D59BD #BD59BB #BD5989

triadic

#BD59BB #BBBD59 #59BBBD

tetradic

#BD59BB #BD8D59 #59BD5B #5989BD

square

#BD59BB #BD8D59 #59BD5B #5989BD

split-complementary

#BD59BB #89BD59 #59BD8D

monochromatic

#6F2C6E #9B3E99 #BD59BB #CE85CD #E0B1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BD59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BD59BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59BB

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59BB	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5077BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.176 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cd0',
    500: '#bd59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59bb;
$custom-light: #d38cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62184,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59BB

secondary

#A4CEA5

accent

#D35755

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59BB

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

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