#BD5BE5#BD5BE5

#BD5BE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.213 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5BE5
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 60.58, -53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 80.97, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.15 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.213 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8679, 23.9594, 76.6907)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5BE5 #83E55B

analogous

#785BE5 #BD5BE5 #E55BC8

triadic

#BD5BE5 #E5BD5B #5BE5BD

tetradic

#BD5BE5 #E5785B #83E55B #5BC8E5

square

#BD5BE5 #E5785B #83E55B #5BC8E5

split-complementary

#BD5BE5 #C8E55B #5BE578

monochromatic

#811BAB #A826DD #BD5BE5 #D290ED #E8C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BD5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BD5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5BE5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5BE5	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5889E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.213 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48fee',
    500: '#bd5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5be5;
$custom-light: #d48fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.609,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64707,
    "c": 0.21256,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5BE5

secondary

#C3E7B5

accent

#D5114A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5BE5

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

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