#BD85B9#BD85B9

#BD85B9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.098 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85B9
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 185)
HSL	hsl(304, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(304, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 30.01, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 35.35, 328.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0839 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.098 329)
XYZ	xyz(38.1300, 31.0980, 49.8835)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85B9 #85BD89

analogous

#A585BD #BD85B9 #BD859D

triadic

#BD85B9 #B9BD85 #85B9BD

tetradic

#BD85B9 #BDA585 #85BD89 #859DBD

square

#BD85B9 #BDA585 #85BD89 #859DBD

split-complementary

#BD85B9 #9DBD85 #85BDA5

monochromatic

#82467D #A85DA2 #BD85B9 #D2ADD0 #E8D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD85B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BD85B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85B9

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85B9	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.098 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ce',
    500: '#bd85b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85b9;
$custom-light: #d1a9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68934,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.31097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85B9

secondary

#C5D9C6

accent

#A8453D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85B9

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

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