#BD85EE#BD85EE

#BD85EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.158 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD85EE
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 40.95, -44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 60.77, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0958 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.158 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8034, 33.7674, 85.0298)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD85EE #B6EE85

analogous

#8885EE #BD85EE #EE85EB

triadic

#BD85EE #EEBD85 #85EEBD

tetradic

#BD85EE #EE8885 #B6EE85 #85EBEE

square

#BD85EE #EE8885 #B6EE85 #85EBEE

split-complementary

#BD85EE #EBEE85 #85EE88

monochromatic

#831EDA #A04FE7 #BD85EE #DABBF5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD85EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BD85EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD85EE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD85EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD85EE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B696AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd85ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.158 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a9f4',
    500: '#bd85ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd85ee;
$custom-light: #d3a9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd85ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71305,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD85EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80E6C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD85EE

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

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