#BD59C9#BD59C9

#BD59C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.189 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59C9
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 55.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 56.05, -40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 69.30, 323.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1511 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.189 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1002, 22.1824, 57.6798)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59C9 #65C959

analogous

#8559C9 #BD59C9 #C9599D

triadic

#BD59C9 #C9BD59 #59C9BD

tetradic

#BD59C9 #C98559 #65C959 #599DC9

square

#BD59C9 #C98559 #65C959 #599DC9

split-complementary

#BD59C9 #9DC959 #59C985

monochromatic

#75297E #A038AD #BD59C9 #CF87D8 #E2B5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BD59C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BD59C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59C9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59C9	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6886C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.189 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dda',
    500: '#bd59c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59c9;
$custom-light: #d38dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62895,
    "c": 0.18861,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59C9

secondary

#ADD6A8

accent

#DA4D5D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59C9

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

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