#BD59DD#BD59DD

#BD59DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.208 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59DD
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 59.90, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 78.33, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.1523 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.208 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6079, 23.1855, 70.8868)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59DD #79DD59

analogous

#7B59DD #BD59DD #DD59BB

triadic

#BD59DD #DDBD59 #59DDBD

tetradic

#BD59DD #DD7B59 #79DD59 #59BBDD

square

#BD59DD #DD7B59 #79DD59 #59BBDD

split-complementary

#BD59DD #BBDD59 #59DD7B

monochromatic

#7E209C #A72ACF #BD59DD #D18CE7 #E5BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BD59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#BD59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59DD

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59DD	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.208 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48de8',
    500: '#bd59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59dd;
$custom-light: #d48de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.20759,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59DD

secondary

#BCE2B0

accent

#CE1844

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59DD

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

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