#BD85E5#BD85E5

#BD85E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.147 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85E5
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 41.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 38.96, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 56.26, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0943 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.147 310)
XYZ	xyz(43.5141, 33.2516, 78.2394)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85E5 #ADE585

analogous

#8D85E5 #BD85E5 #E585DD

triadic

#BD85E5 #E5BD85 #85E5BD

tetradic

#BD85E5 #E58D85 #ADE585 #85DDE5

square

#BD85E5 #E58D85 #ADE585 #85DDE5

split-complementary

#BD85E5 #DDE585 #85E58D

monochromatic

#852AC6 #A253DA #BD85E5 #D8B7F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD85E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BD85E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85E5

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85E5	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7199E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B894AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.147 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ed',
    500: '#bd85e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85e5;
$custom-light: #d2a9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.33251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85E5

secondary

#E1F0D6

accent

#CD1964

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85E5

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

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