#BF55E6#BF55E6

#BF55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.223 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF55E6
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 63.97, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 84.60, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1594 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.223 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0151, 23.2879, 77.2874)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF55E6 #7CE655

analogous

#7755E6 #BF55E6 #E655C5

triadic

#BF55E6 #E6BF55 #55E6BF

tetradic

#BF55E6 #E67755 #7CE655 #55C5E6

square

#BF55E6 #E67755 #7CE655 #55C5E6

split-complementary

#BF55E6 #C5E655 #55E677

monochromatic

#8119A8 #AB21DD #BF55E6 #D38AEE #E7C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BF55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BF55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF55E6

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF55E6	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.223 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68bee',
    500: '#bf55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf55e6;
$custom-light: #d68bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.862,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.22255,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF55E6

secondary

#BFE6B1

accent

#D60F45

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF55E6

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

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