#BD5BBD#BD5BBD

#BD5BBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.175 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BBD
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 52.89, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 62.99, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.147 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.175 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9121, 21.9770, 50.5900)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BBD #5BBD5B

analogous

#8C5BBD #BD5BBD #BD5B8C

triadic

#BD5BBD #BDBD5B #5BBDBD

tetradic

#BD5BBD #BD8C5B #5BBD5B #5B8CBD

square

#BD5BBD #BD8C5B #5BBD5B #5B8CBD

split-complementary

#BD5BBD #8CBD5B #5BBD8C

monochromatic

#702D70 #9C3F9C #BD5BBD #CF87CF #E0B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BD5BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BD5BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BBD

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BBD	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.175 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ed1',
    500: '#bd5bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bbd;
$custom-light: #d38ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62548,
    "c": 0.17453,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BBD

secondary

#A5CFA5

accent

#D25555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BBD

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

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