#BD85DD#BD85DD

#BD85DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.137 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85DD
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 39.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 37.24, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 52.27, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0928 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.137 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4227, 32.8151, 72.4917)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85DD #A5DD85

analogous

#9185DD #BD85DD #DD85D1

triadic

#BD85DD #DDBD85 #85DDBD

tetradic

#BD85DD #DD9185 #A5DD85 #85D1DD

square

#BD85DD #DD9185 #A5DD85 #85D1DD

split-complementary

#BD85DD #D1DD85 #85DD91

monochromatic

#8632B5 #A355D0 #BD85DD #D7B5EA #F1E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BD85DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BD85DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85DD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85DD	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA91A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9e8',
    500: '#bd85dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85dd;
$custom-light: #d2a9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85DD

secondary

#DBECD2

accent

#C4225D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85DD

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

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