#BD85B4#BD85B4

#BD85B4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85B4
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 180)
HSL	hsl(310, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(310, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, 29.09, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 33.25, 331.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.0824 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.093 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6115, 30.8906, 47.1524)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85B4 #85BD8E

analogous

#AA85BD #BD85B4 #BD8598

triadic

#BD85B4 #B4BD85 #85B4BD

tetradic

#BD85B4 #BDAA85 #85BD8E #8598BD

square

#BD85B4 #BDAA85 #85BD8E #8598BD

split-complementary

#BD85B4 #98BD85 #85BDAA

monochromatic

#824678 #A85D9C #BD85B4 #D2ADCC #E8D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BD85B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BD85B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85B4

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85B4	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ca',
    500: '#bd85b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85b4;
$custom-light: #d1a9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.643,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68743,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85B4

secondary

#C5D9C8

accent

#A84E3D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85B4

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

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