#BD85C8#BD85C8

#BD85C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85C8
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(290, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 32.91, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 42.11, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0881 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.114 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7978, 31.7651, 58.6672)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85C8 #90C885

analogous

#9B85C8 #BD85C8 #C885B1

triadic

#BD85C8 #C8BD85 #85C8BD

tetradic

#BD85C8 #C89B85 #90C885 #85B1C8

square

#BD85C8 #C89B85 #90C885 #85B1C8

split-complementary

#BD85C8 #B1C885 #85C89B

monochromatic

#844191 #A65BB5 #BD85C8 #D4AFDB #EBD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD85C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BD85C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85C8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85C8	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9d9',
    500: '#bd85c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85c8;
$custom-light: #d2a9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.149,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69542,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85C8

secondary

#CDE0C9

accent

#B13549

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →