#BF55E5#BF55E5

#BF55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.222 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF55E5
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 63.78, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 84.14, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1594 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.222 316)
XYZ	xyz(38.8750, 23.2319, 76.5500)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF55E5 #7BE555

analogous

#7755E5 #BF55E5 #E555C3

triadic

#BF55E5 #E5BF55 #55E5BF

tetradic

#BF55E5 #E57755 #7BE555 #55C3E5

square

#BF55E5 #E57755 #7BE555 #55C3E5

split-complementary

#BF55E5 #C3E555 #55E577

monochromatic

#8119A6 #AA22DB #BF55E5 #D38AED #E7BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BF55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BF55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF55E5

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF55E5	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.222 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68bee',
    500: '#bf55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf55e5;
$custom-light: #d68bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.2216,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.23231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF55E5

secondary

#BEE6B0

accent

#D61044

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF55E5

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

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