#BD85E1#BD85E1

#BD85E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.142 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85E1
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 41%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 40.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 38.10, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 54.26, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0936 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.142 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9620, 33.0308, 75.3319)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85E1 #A9E185

analogous

#8F85E1 #BD85E1 #E185D7

triadic

#BD85E1 #E1BD85 #85E1BD

tetradic

#BD85E1 #E18F85 #A9E185 #85D7E1

square

#BD85E1 #E18F85 #A9E185 #85D7E1

split-complementary

#BD85E1 #D7E185 #85E18F

monochromatic

#852FBD #A254D5 #BD85E1 #D8B6ED #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BD85E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BD85E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85E1

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85E1	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7399E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B992A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.142 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ea',
    500: '#bd85e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85e1;
$custom-light: #d2a9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70667,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85E1

secondary

#DEEED4

accent

#C81D60

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85E1

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

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