#BD85B5#BD85B5

#BD85B5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.094 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85B5
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 181)
HSL	hsl(309, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(309, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 29.27, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 33.66, 330.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0827 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.094 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7137, 30.9315, 47.6909)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85B5 #85BD8D

analogous

#A985BD #BD85B5 #BD8599

triadic

#BD85B5 #B5BD85 #85B5BD

tetradic

#BD85B5 #BDA985 #85BD8D #8599BD

square

#BD85B5 #BDA985 #85BD8D #8599BD

split-complementary

#BD85B5 #99BD85 #85BDA9

monochromatic

#824679 #A85D9D #BD85B5 #D2ADCD #E8D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BD85B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BD85B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85B5

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85B5	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.094 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9cb',
    500: '#bd85b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85b5;
$custom-light: #d1a9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68781,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85B5

secondary

#C5D9C8

accent

#A84C3D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85B5

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

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