#BD5BAD#BD5BAD

#BD5BAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.161 H 333.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BAD
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 173)
HSL	hsl(310, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(310, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, 50.11, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 56.48, 332.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1443 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.161 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2702, 21.3203, 41.9426)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BAD #5BBD6B

analogous

#9C5BBD #BD5BAD #BD5B7C

triadic

#BD5BAD #ADBD5B #5BADBD

tetradic

#BD5BAD #BD9C5B #5BBD6B #5B7CBD

square

#BD5BAD #BD9C5B #5BBD6B #5B7CBD

split-complementary

#BD5BAD #7CBD5B #5BBD9C

monochromatic

#702D65 #9C3F8D #BD5BAD #CF87C3 #E0B2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BD5BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#BD5BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BAD

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BAD	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A76B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5617C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.161 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dc5',
    500: '#bd5bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bad;
$custom-light: #d38dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.796,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BAD

secondary

#A5CFAC

accent

#D26A55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BAD

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

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