#BD5BCD#BD5BCD

#BD5BCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.189 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BCD
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(292, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(292, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 55.85, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 69.99, 322.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.1489 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.189 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7456, 22.7104, 60.2465)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BCD #6BCD5B

analogous

#845BCD #BD5BCD #CD5BA4

triadic

#BD5BCD #CDBD5B #5BCDBD

tetradic

#BD5BCD #CD845B #6BCD5B #5BA4CD

square

#BD5BCD #CD845B #6BCD5B #5BA4CD

split-complementary

#BD5BCD #A4CD5B #5BCD84

monochromatic

#782985 #A237B4 #BD5BCD #D08ADB #E3B9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BD5BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BD5BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BCD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BCD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.189 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38edd',
    500: '#bd5bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bcd;
$custom-light: #d38edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.579,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63365,
    "c": 0.18933,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BCD

secondary

#B2D9AB

accent

#DD4B60

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BCD

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

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