#BD59D8#BD59D8

#BD59D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.203 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59D8
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 58.92, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 76.04, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1521 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.203 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9517, 22.9230, 67.4306)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59D8 #74D859

analogous

#7E59D8 #BD59D8 #D859B4

triadic

#BD59D8 #D8BD59 #59D8BD

tetradic

#BD59D8 #D87E59 #74D859 #59B4D8

square

#BD59D8 #D87E59 #74D859 #59B4D8

split-complementary

#BD59D8 #B4D859 #59D87E

monochromatic

#7C2394 #A52EC5 #BD59D8 #D18BE4 #E4BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BD59D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BD59D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59D8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59D8	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6087D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.203 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48de4',
    500: '#bd59d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59d8;
$custom-light: #d48de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.244,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6371,
    "c": 0.20279,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59D8

secondary

#B8DFAE

accent

#E54365

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59D8

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

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