#BD85B8#BD85B8

#BD85B8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.097 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85B8
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 184)
HSL	hsl(305, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(305, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 29.82, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 34.92, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0836 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.097 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0248, 31.0560, 49.3295)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85B8 #85BD8A

analogous

#A685BD #BD85B8 #BD859C

triadic

#BD85B8 #B8BD85 #85B8BD

tetradic

#BD85B8 #BDA685 #85BD8A #859CBD

square

#BD85B8 #BDA685 #85BD8A #859CBD

split-complementary

#BD85B8 #9CBD85 #85BDA6

monochromatic

#82467C #A85DA1 #BD85B8 #D2ADCF #E8D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD85B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BD85B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85B8

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85B8	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.097 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9cd',
    500: '#bd85b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85b8;
$custom-light: #d1a9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.357,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68896,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85B8

secondary

#C5D9C7

accent

#A8473D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85B8

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

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