#BD59C7#BD59C7

#BD59C7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.187 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59C7
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(295, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 55.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 55.68, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 68.42, 324.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1509 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.187 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8665, 22.0889, 56.4488)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59C7 #63C759

analogous

#8659C7 #BD59C7 #C7599A

triadic

#BD59C7 #C7BD59 #59C7BD

tetradic

#BD59C7 #C78659 #63C759 #599AC7

square

#BD59C7 #C78659 #63C759 #599AC7

split-complementary

#BD59C7 #9AC759 #59C786

monochromatic

#742A7C #9F39AA #BD59C7 #CF87D6 #E1B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BD59C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BD59C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59C7

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59C7	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A86C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.187 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dd8',
    500: '#bd59c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59c7;
$custom-light: #d38dd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6279,
    "c": 0.18676,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59C7

secondary

#ABD4A7

accent

#D94F5B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59C7

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

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