#BD5BDE#BD5BDE

#BD5BDE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.206 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BDE
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 59%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 59.17, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 77.73, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.1499 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.206 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9102, 23.5763, 71.6468)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BDE #7CDE5B

analogous

#7C5BDE #BD5BDE #DE5BBE

triadic

#BD5BDE #DEBD5B #5BDEBD

tetradic

#BD5BDE #DE7C5B #7CDE5B #5BBEDE

square

#BD5BDE #DE7C5B #7CDE5B #5BBEDE

split-complementary

#BD5BDE #BEDE5B #5BDE7C

monochromatic

#7F209F #A72AD2 #BD5BDE #D28EE8 #E6C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BD5BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BD5BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BDE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BDE	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D88DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.206 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ee9',
    500: '#bd5bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5bde;
$custom-light: #d48ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.885,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64301,
    "c": 0.2057,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BDE

secondary

#BEE3B2

accent

#CE1745

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BDE

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

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