#BD59E8#BD59E8

#BD59E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.218 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59E8
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 62.11, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 83.42, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1523 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.218 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1217, 23.7910, 78.8596)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59E8 #84E859

analogous

#7559E8 #BD59E8 #E859CB

triadic

#BD59E8 #E8BD59 #59E8BD

tetradic

#BD59E8 #E87559 #84E859 #59CBE8

square

#BD59E8 #E87559 #84E859 #59CBE8

split-complementary

#BD59E8 #CBE859 #59E875

monochromatic

#8118AE #A823E1 #BD59E8 #D28FEF #E8C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BD59E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BD59E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59E8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59E8	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2480EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.218 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48df0',
    500: '#bd59e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59e8;
$custom-light: #d48df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.958,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64639,
    "c": 0.21827,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59E8

secondary

#C4E8B5

accent

#D80E4A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59E8

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

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