#BD59BE#BD59BE

#BD59BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.179 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59BE
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 54.04, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 64.53, 326.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1499 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.179 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8523, 21.6832, 51.1074)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59BE #5ABE59

analogous

#8B59BE #BD59BE #BE598D

triadic

#BD59BE #BEBD59 #59BEBD

tetradic

#BD59BE #BE8B59 #5ABE59 #598DBE

square

#BD59BE #BE8B59 #5ABE59 #598DBE

split-complementary

#BD59BE #8DBE59 #59BE8B

monochromatic

#702C71 #9C3D9D #BD59BE #CE85CF #E0B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BD59BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BD59BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59BE

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59BE	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E78C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.179 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cd2',
    500: '#bd59be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59be;
$custom-light: #d38cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.406,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62332,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59BE

secondary

#A5CFA4

accent

#D35456

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59BE

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

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