#BD5BD5#BD5BD5

#BD5BD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.197 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BD5
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 57.39, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 73.60, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1495 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.197 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7361, 23.1066, 65.4628)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BD5 #73D55B

analogous

#805BD5 #BD5BD5 #D55BB0

triadic

#BD5BD5 #D5BD5B #5BD5BD

tetradic

#BD5BD5 #D5805B #73D55B #5BB0D5

square

#BD5BD5 #D5805B #73D55B #5BB0D5

split-complementary

#BD5BD5 #B0D55B #5BD580

monochromatic

#7B2591 #A532C1 #BD5BD5 #D18CE1 #E4BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BD5BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BD5BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BD5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BD5	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6388D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.197 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ee2',
    500: '#bd5bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bd5;
$custom-light: #d48ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.197,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.19697,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BD5

secondary

#B8DEAE

accent

#E24564

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BD5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →