#BD5EB5#BD5EB5

#BD5EB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.163 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5EB5
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 181)
HSL	hsl(305, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(305, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 50.00, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 57.95, 329.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1416 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.163 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3292, 22.1624, 46.2294)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5EB5 #5EBD66

analogous

#965EBD #BD5EB5 #BD5E85

triadic

#BD5EB5 #B5BD5E #5EB5BD

tetradic

#BD5EB5 #BD965E #5EBD66 #5E85BD

square

#BD5EB5 #BD965E #5EBD66 #5E85BD

split-complementary

#BD5EB5 #85BD5E #5EBD96

monochromatic

#722F6C #9D4095 #BD5EB5 #CF89C9 #E1B5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BD5EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#BD5EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5EB5

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5EB5	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5979B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.163 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fcb',
    500: '#bd5eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5eb5;
$custom-light: #d38fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.053,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62576,
    "c": 0.16259,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5EB5

secondary

#A8CFAB

accent

#D26156

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5EB5

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

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