#BD85E3#BD85E3

#BD85E3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.145 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85E3
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 41.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 38.53, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 55.26, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.094 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.145 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2364, 33.1406, 76.7772)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85E3 #ABE385

analogous

#8E85E3 #BD85E3 #E385DA

triadic

#BD85E3 #E3BD85 #85E3BD

tetradic

#BD85E3 #E38E85 #ABE385 #85DAE3

square

#BD85E3 #E38E85 #ABE385 #85DAE3

split-complementary

#BD85E3 #DAE385 #85E38E

monochromatic

#852CC1 #A253D8 #BD85E3 #D8B7EE #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD85E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BD85E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85E3

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85E3	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7299E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B993A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.145 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ec',
    500: '#bd85e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85e3;
$custom-light: #d2a9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85E3

secondary

#DFEFD5

accent

#CA1B62

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85E3

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

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