#BD59CB#BD59CB

#BD59CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.190 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59CB
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 56.43, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 70.19, 323.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1513 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.19 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3370, 22.2771, 58.9269)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59CB #67CB59

analogous

#8459CB #BD59CB #CB59A0

triadic

#BD59CB #CBBD59 #59CBBD

tetradic

#BD59CB #CB8459 #67CB59 #59A0CB

square

#BD59CB #CB8459 #67CB59 #59A0CB

split-complementary

#BD59CB #A0CB59 #59CB84

monochromatic

#762881 #A137B0 #BD59CB #D088DA #E2B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BD59CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BD59CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59CB

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59CB	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.190 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ddb',
    500: '#bd59cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59cb;
$custom-light: #d38ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.632,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63,
    "c": 0.19047,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59CB

secondary

#AED7A9

accent

#DC4C5E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59CB

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

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