#BD85B6#BD85B6

#BD85B6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.095 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85B6
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 182)
HSL	hsl(308, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(308, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 29.45, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 34.08, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.083 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.095 331)
XYZ	xyz(37.8167, 30.9727, 48.2332)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85B6 #85BD8C

analogous

#A885BD #BD85B6 #BD859A

triadic

#BD85B6 #B6BD85 #85B6BD

tetradic

#BD85B6 #BDA885 #85BD8C #859ABD

square

#BD85B6 #BDA885 #85BD8C #859ABD

split-complementary

#BD85B6 #9ABD85 #85BDA8

monochromatic

#82467A #A85D9E #BD85B6 #D2ADCE #E8D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BD85B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BD85B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85B6

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85B6	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)

#8392B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.095 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9cc',
    500: '#bd85b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85b6;
$custom-light: #d1a9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68819,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.30971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85B6

secondary

#C5D9C7

accent

#A84A3D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85B6

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

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