#BD5CEE#BD5CEE

#BD5CEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.220 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5CEE
RGB	rgb(189, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 61.96, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 84.65, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.1488 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.22 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2433, 24.6472, 83.5098)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5CEE #8DEE5C

analogous

#745CEE #BD5CEE #EE5CD6

triadic

#BD5CEE #EEBD5C #5CEEBD

tetradic

#BD5CEE #EE745C #8DEE5C #5CD6EE

square

#BD5CEE #EE745C #8DEE5C #5CD6EE

split-complementary

#BD5CEE #D6EE5C #5CEE74

monochromatic

#8314BC #A725E8 #BD5CEE #D393F4 #EACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BD5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BD5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5CEE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5CEE	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2183F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#528AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8779D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.220 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48ff4',
    500: '#bd5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5cee;
$custom-light: #d48ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.863,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65367,
    "c": 0.22007,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5CEE

secondary

#CBECBA

accent

#DD0850

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5CEE

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

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