#BD5BDD#BD5BDD

#BD5BDD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.205 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BDD
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 58.97, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 77.27, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1498 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.205 317)
XYZ	xyz(37.7766, 23.5228, 70.9430)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BDD #7BDD5B

analogous

#7C5BDD #BD5BDD #DD5BBC

triadic

#BD5BDD #DDBD5B #5BDDBD

tetradic

#BD5BDD #DD7C5B #7BDD5B #5BBCDD

square

#BD5BDD #DD7C5B #7BDD5B #5BBCDD

split-complementary

#BD5BDD #BCDD5B #5BDD7C

monochromatic

#7E219D #A72BD0 #BD5BDD #D18EE8 #E6C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BD5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BD5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BDD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BDD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.205 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ee8',
    500: '#bd5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bdd;
$custom-light: #d48ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64244,
    "c": 0.20472,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.23521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BDD

secondary

#BEE2B1

accent

#CE1845

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BDD

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

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