#BD59E9#BD59E9

#BD59E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.219 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD59E9
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 62.32, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 83.88, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.1523 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.219 314)
XYZ	xyz(39.2642, 23.8480, 79.6098)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD59E9 #85E959

analogous

#7559E9 #BD59E9 #E959CD

triadic

#BD59E9 #E9BD59 #59E9BD

tetradic

#BD59E9 #E97559 #85E959 #59CDE9

square

#BD59E9 #E97559 #85E959 #59CDE9

split-complementary

#BD59E9 #CDE959 #59E975

monochromatic

#8217B0 #A823E2 #BD59E9 #D28FF0 #E8C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BD59E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#BD59E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD59E9

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD59E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD59E9	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2280ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5389E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd59e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.219 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48df1',
    500: '#bd59e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd59e9;
$custom-light: #d48df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd59e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64699,
    "c": 0.21926,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.23847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD59E9

secondary

#C5E9B5

accent

#D90D4B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD59E9

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

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