#BD5EEC#BD5EEC

#BD5EEC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.215 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5EEC
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 60.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 60.61, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 82.65, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.1464 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.215 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1267, 24.8814, 82.0294)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5EEC #8DEC5E

analogous

#765EEC #BD5EEC #EC5ED4

triadic

#BD5EEC #ECBD5E #5EECBD

tetradic

#BD5EEC #EC765E #8DEC5E #5ED4EC

square

#BD5EEC #EC765E #8DEC5E #5ED4EC

split-complementary

#BD5EEC #D4EC5E #5EEC76

monochromatic

#8316BA #A727E6 #BD5EEC #D395F2 #EACBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BD5EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#BD5EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5EEC

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5EEC	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A84F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.215 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d490f3',
    500: '#bd5eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5eec;
$custom-light: #d490f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.141,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65497,
    "c": 0.21529,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5EEC

secondary

#CBEBBB

accent

#DB0A4F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5EEC

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

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