#BD5BC9#BD5BC9

#BD5BC9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.186 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BC9
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 55.10, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 68.20, 323.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1485 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.186 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2689, 22.5198, 57.7360)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BC9 #67C95B

analogous

#865BC9 #BD5BC9 #C95B9E

triadic

#BD5BC9 #C9BD5B #5BC9BD

tetradic

#BD5BC9 #C9865B #67C95B #5B9EC9

square

#BD5BC9 #C9865B #67C95B #5B9EC9

split-complementary

#BD5BC9 #9EC95B #5BC986

monochromatic

#762A80 #A139AE #BD5BC9 #D089D8 #E2B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BD5BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BD5BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BC9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BC9	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.186 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eda',
    500: '#bd5bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bc9;
$custom-light: #d38eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.455,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63155,
    "c": 0.18556,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BC9

secondary

#AED6AA

accent

#DA4E5D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BC9

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

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