#BF55B5#BF55B5

#BF55B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.178 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF55B5
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 181)
HSL	hsl(306, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(306, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 54.91, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 63.23, 330.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1562 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.178 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0747, 20.9118, 46.0014)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF55B5 #55BF5F

analogous

#9455BF #BF55B5 #BF5580

triadic

#BF55B5 #B5BF55 #55B5BF

tetradic

#BF55B5 #BF9455 #55BF5F #5580BF

square

#BF55B5 #BF9455 #55BF5F #5580BF

split-complementary

#BF55B5 #80BF55 #55BF94

monochromatic

#702A69 #9C3B93 #BF55B5 #D081C8 #E0AEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BF55B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BF55B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF55B5

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF55B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF55B5	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5075B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf55b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.178 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58acb',
    500: '#bf55b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf55b5;
$custom-light: #d58acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf55b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.66,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6164,
    "c": 0.17822,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF55B5

secondary

#A1CEA6

accent

#D55F53

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF55B5

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

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