#BD85E8#BD85E8

#BD85E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.150 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85E8
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 42.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 39.62, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 57.76, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0949 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.15 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9365, 33.4206, 80.4645)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85E8 #B0E885

analogous

#8C85E8 #BD85E8 #E885E2

triadic

#BD85E8 #E8BD85 #85E8BD

tetradic

#BD85E8 #E88C85 #B0E885 #85E2E8

square

#BD85E8 #E88C85 #B0E885 #85E2E8

split-complementary

#BD85E8 #E2E885 #85E88C

monochromatic

#8426CC #A152DE #BD85E8 #D9B8F2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD85E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BD85E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85E8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85E8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B894AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.150 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9ef',
    500: '#bd85e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85e8;
$custom-light: #d2a9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.939,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71006,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85E8

secondary

#E3F1D8

accent

#D01566

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85E8

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

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