#BD5EB3#BD5EB3

#BD5EB3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.161 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5EB3
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(306, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 49.66, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 57.14, 330.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1412 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.161 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1254, 22.0809, 45.1564)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5EB3 #5EBD68

analogous

#975EBD #BD5EB3 #BD5E83

triadic

#BD5EB3 #B3BD5E #5EB3BD

tetradic

#BD5EB3 #BD975E #5EBD68 #5E83BD

square

#BD5EB3 #BD975E #5EBD68 #5E83BD

split-complementary

#BD5EB3 #83BD5E #5EBD97

monochromatic

#722F6B #9D4094 #BD5EB3 #CF89C7 #E1B5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BD5EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BD5EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5EB3

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5EB3	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A79B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7686B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.161 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fca',
    500: '#bd5eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5eb3;
$custom-light: #d38fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62484,
    "c": 0.16085,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5EB3

secondary

#A8CFAC

accent

#D26356

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5EB3

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

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