#BD85C7#BD85C7

#BD85C7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85C7
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 199)
HSL	hsl(291, 37%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(291, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 33.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 32.71, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 41.65, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0878 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.112 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6813, 31.7186, 58.0537)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85C7 #8FC785

analogous

#9C85C7 #BD85C7 #C785B0

triadic

#BD85C7 #C7BD85 #85C7BD

tetradic

#BD85C7 #C79C85 #8FC785 #85B0C7

square

#BD85C7 #C79C85 #8FC785 #85B0C7

split-complementary

#BD85C7 #B0C785 #85C79C

monochromatic

#844290 #A65BB4 #BD85C7 #D4AFDA #EAD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD85C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BD85C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85C7

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85C7	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E95CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9d8',
    500: '#bd85c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85c7;
$custom-light: #d2a9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 37.079,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85C7

secondary

#CCDFC9

accent

#B03648

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85C7

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

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