#BD85E6#BD85E6

#BD85E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.148 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85E6
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 39.18, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 56.76, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0945 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.148 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6541, 33.3077, 78.9769)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85E6 #AEE685

analogous

#8C85E6 #BD85E6 #E685DE

triadic

#BD85E6 #E6BD85 #85E6BD

tetradic

#BD85E6 #E68C85 #AEE685 #85DEE6

square

#BD85E6 #E68C85 #AEE685 #85DEE6

split-complementary

#BD85E6 #DEE685 #85E68C

monochromatic

#8529C8 #A252DC #BD85E6 #D8B8F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD85E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BD85E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85E6

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85E6	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B894AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.148 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ee',
    500: '#bd85e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85e6;
$custom-light: #d2a9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.639,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85E6

secondary

#E1F0D7

accent

#CE1865

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85E6

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

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