#BD5BD9#BD5BD9

#BD5BD9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.201 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BD9
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 58.18, -48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 75.43, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.1497 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.201 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2500, 23.3122, 68.1697)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BD9 #77D95B

analogous

#7E5BD9 #BD5BD9 #D95BB6

triadic

#BD5BD9 #D9BD5B #5BD9BD

tetradic

#BD5BD9 #D97E5B #77D95B #5BB6D9

square

#BD5BD9 #D97E5B #77D95B #5BB6D9

split-complementary

#BD5BD9 #B6D95B #5BD97E

monochromatic

#7D2397 #A62EC8 #BD5BD9 #D18DE5 #E5BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BD5BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BD5BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BD9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BD9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.201 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ee5',
    500: '#bd5bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bd9;
$custom-light: #d48ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64019,
    "c": 0.20083,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BD9

secondary

#BBE0B0

accent

#CA1B42

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BD9

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

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