#BD59BD#BD59BD

#BD59BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.178 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59BD
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 53.86, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 64.11, 327.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1498 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.178 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7434, 21.6397, 50.5338)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59BD #59BD59

analogous

#8B59BD #BD59BD #BD598B

triadic

#BD59BD #BDBD59 #59BDBD

tetradic

#BD59BD #BD8B59 #59BD59 #598BBD

square

#BD59BD #BD8B59 #59BD59 #598BBD

split-complementary

#BD59BD #8BBD59 #59BD8B

monochromatic

#6F2C6F #9B3E9B #BD59BD #CE85CE #E0B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BD59BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BD59BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59BD

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59BD	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F78C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.178 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cd1',
    500: '#bd59bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59bd;
$custom-light: #d38cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.17767,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59BD

secondary

#A4CEA4

accent

#D35555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59BD

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

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