#BF59BD#BF59BD

#BF59BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.179 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF59BD
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(301, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(301, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 54.41, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 64.33, 327.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.152 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.179 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2431, 21.8973, 50.5572)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF59BD #59BF5B

analogous

#8E59BF #BF59BD #BF598A

triadic

#BF59BD #BDBF59 #59BDBF

tetradic

#BF59BD #BF8E59 #59BF5B #598ABF

square

#BF59BD #BF8E59 #59BF5B #598ABF

split-complementary

#BF59BD #8ABF59 #59BF8E

monochromatic

#722C70 #9E3D9C #BF59BD #D085CF #E1B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BF59BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BF59BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF59BD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF59BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF59BD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5078C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf59bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.179 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58dd1',
    500: '#bf59bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf59bd;
$custom-light: #d58dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf59bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.176,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62542,
    "c": 0.17888,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF59BD

secondary

#A4CFA5

accent

#D45654

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF59BD

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

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