#BD59DB#BD59DB

#BD59DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.206 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59DB
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 59.51, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 77.41, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.1522 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.206 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3430, 23.0795, 69.4918)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59DB #77DB59

analogous

#7C59DB #BD59DB #DB59B8

triadic

#BD59DB #DBBD59 #59DBBD

tetradic

#BD59DB #DB7C59 #77DB59 #59B8DB

square

#BD59DB #DB7C59 #77DB59 #59B8DB

split-complementary

#BD59DB #B8DB59 #59DB7C

monochromatic

#7D2199 #A62CCB #BD59DB #D18BE6 #E5BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BD59DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BD59DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59DB

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59DB	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E87D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.206 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48de7',
    500: '#bd59db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59db;
$custom-light: #d48de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6388,
    "c": 0.20567,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59DB

secondary

#BBE1AF

accent

#CC1943

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59DB

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

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