#BD5CB4#BD5CB4

#BD5CB4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.165 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5CB4
RGB	rgb(189, 92, 180)
HSL	hsl(306, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(306, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 50.82, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 58.69, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1442 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.165 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0514, 21.7705, 45.6324)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5CB4 #5CBD65

analogous

#955CBD #BD5CB4 #BD5C83

triadic

#BD5CB4 #B4BD5C #5CB4BD

tetradic

#BD5CB4 #BD955C #5CBD65 #5C83BD

square

#BD5CB4 #BD955C #5CBD65 #5C83BD

split-complementary

#BD5CB4 #83BD5C #5CBD95

monochromatic

#712E6B #9C3F94 #BD5CB4 #CF88C8 #E0B3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BD5CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BD5CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5CB4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5CB4	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5878B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 92, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.165 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eca',
    500: '#bd5cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5cb4;
$custom-light: #d38eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.567,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62254,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5CB4

secondary

#A6CFAA

accent

#D26156

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5CB4

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

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