#BD59D9#BD59D9

#BD59D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.204 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59D9
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 59.12, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 76.50, 320.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1522 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.204 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0813, 22.9748, 68.1135)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59D9 #75D959

analogous

#7D59D9 #BD59D9 #D959B5

triadic

#BD59D9 #D9BD59 #59D9BD

tetradic

#BD59D9 #D97D59 #75D959 #59B5D9

square

#BD59D9 #D97D59 #75D959 #59B5D9

split-complementary

#BD59D9 #B5D959 #59D97D

monochromatic

#7C2295 #A62EC7 #BD59D9 #D18BE4 #E5BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BD59D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BD59D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59D9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59D9	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F87D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.204 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48de5',
    500: '#bd59d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59d9;
$custom-light: #d48de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63767,
    "c": 0.20375,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59D9

secondary

#B9E0AE

accent

#E64266

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59D9

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

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