#BD59DE#BD59DE

#BD59DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.209 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59DE
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 60.10, -50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 78.79, 319.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1523 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.209 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7415, 23.2389, 71.5906)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59DE #7ADE59

analogous

#7A59DE #BD59DE #DE59BC

triadic

#BD59DE #DEBD59 #59DEBD

tetradic

#BD59DE #DE7A59 #7ADE59 #59BCDE

square

#BD59DE #DE7A59 #7ADE59 #59BCDE

split-complementary

#BD59DE #BCDE59 #59DE7A

monochromatic

#7E1F9D #A729D0 #BD59DE #D18CE8 #E6BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BD59DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BD59DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59DE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59DE	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C88DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.209 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48de9',
    500: '#bd59de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59de;
$custom-light: #d48de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.113,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64052,
    "c": 0.20856,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59DE

secondary

#BDE2B0

accent

#CF1744

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59DE

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

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