#BD85E9#BD85E9

#BD85E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.152 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85E9
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 233)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 42.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 39.84, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 58.26, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.095 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.152 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0790, 33.4776, 81.2147)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85E9 #B1E985

analogous

#8B85E9 #BD85E9 #E985E3

triadic

#BD85E9 #E9BD85 #85E9BD

tetradic

#BD85E9 #E98B85 #B1E985 #85E3E9

square

#BD85E9 #E98B85 #B1E985 #85E3E9

split-complementary

#BD85E9 #E3E985 #85E98B

monochromatic

#8425CE #A151E0 #BD85E9 #D9B9F2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD85E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BD85E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85E9

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85E9	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B795AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.152 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a9f0',
    500: '#bd85e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85e9;
$custom-light: #d2a9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85E9

secondary

#E3F2D8

accent

#D11467

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85E9

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

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