#BD59E6#BD59E6

#BD59E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.216 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59E6
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 61.71, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 82.49, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1524 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.216 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8393, 23.6780, 77.3719)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59E6 #82E659

analogous

#7659E6 #BD59E6 #E659C9

triadic

#BD59E6 #E6BD59 #59E6BD

tetradic

#BD59E6 #E67659 #82E659 #59C9E6

square

#BD59E6 #E67659 #82E659 #59C9E6

split-complementary

#BD59E6 #C9E659 #59E676

monochromatic

#811AAB #A824DE #BD59E6 #D28EEE #E7C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BD59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BD59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59E6

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59E6	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2780EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.216 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48dee',
    500: '#bd59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59e6;
$custom-light: #d48dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.553,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6452,
    "c": 0.21633,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59E6

secondary

#C3E7B4

accent

#D61049

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59E6

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

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