#BD5DEE#BD5DEE

#BD5DEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.219 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5DEE
RGB	rgb(189, 93, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 60.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 61.49, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 84.12, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.1476 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.219 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3305, 24.8216, 83.5389)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5DEE #8EEE5D

analogous

#745DEE #BD5DEE #EE5DD7

triadic

#BD5DEE #EEBD5D #5DEEBD

tetradic

#BD5DEE #EE745D #8EEE5D #5DD7EE

square

#BD5DEE #EE745D #8EEE5D #5DD7EE

split-complementary

#BD5DEE #D7EE5D #5DEE74

monochromatic

#8414BD #A626E8 #BD5DEE #D494F4 #EACCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#BD5DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#BD5DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5DEE

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5DEE	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2484F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8789D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 93, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.219 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d490f4',
    500: '#bd5dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5dee;
$custom-light: #d490f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.724,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65491,
    "c": 0.21869,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5DEE

secondary

#CBECBB

accent

#DD0850

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5DEE

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

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