#BD5ECD#BD5ECD

#BD5ECD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.185 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5ECD
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 54.41, -41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 68.32, 322.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.1449 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.185 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0072, 23.2337, 60.3337)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5ECD #6ECD5E

analogous

#855ECD #BD5ECD #CD5EA5

triadic

#BD5ECD #CDBD5E #5ECDBD

tetradic

#BD5ECD #CD855E #6ECD5E #5EA5CD

square

#BD5ECD #CD855E #6ECD5E #5EA5CD

split-complementary

#BD5ECD #A5CD5E #5ECD85

monochromatic

#792A87 #A338B5 #BD5ECD #D08DDC #E3BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BD5ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BD5ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5ECD

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5ECD	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.185 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390dc',
    500: '#bd5ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5ecd;
$custom-light: #d390dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.351,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6376,
    "c": 0.18472,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5ECD

secondary

#B4D9AD

accent

#DC4C61

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5ECD

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

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