#BD5DCD#BD5DCD

#BD5DCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.186 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5DCD
RGB	rgb(189, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 54.89, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 68.88, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1463 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.186 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9189, 23.0570, 60.3042)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5DCD #6DCD5D

analogous

#855DCD #BD5DCD #CD5DA5

triadic

#BD5DCD #CDBD5D #5DCDBD

tetradic

#BD5DCD #CD855D #6DCD5D #5DA5CD

square

#BD5DCD #CD855D #6DCD5D #5DA5CD

split-complementary

#BD5DCD #A5CD5D #5DCD85

monochromatic

#792986 #A338B5 #BD5DCD #D08CDB #E3BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BD5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BD5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5DCD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5DCD	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6988CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.186 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fdd',
    500: '#bd5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5dcd;
$custom-light: #d38fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63627,
    "c": 0.18627,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5DCD

secondary

#B3D9AD

accent

#DC4C60

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5DCD

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

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