#BD35A8#BD35A8

#BD35A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.210 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD35A8
RGB	rgb(189, 53, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 65.33, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 72.99, 333.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1905 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.21 335)
XYZ	xyz(29.3276, 16.1947, 38.6195)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD35A8 #35BD4A

analogous

#8E35BD #BD35A8 #BD3564

triadic

#BD35A8 #A8BD35 #35A8BD

tetradic

#BD35A8 #BD8E35 #35BD4A #3564BD

square

#BD35A8 #BD8E35 #35BD4A #3564BD

split-complementary

#BD35A8 #64BD35 #35BD8E

monochromatic

#5D1A53 #8D287E #BD35A8 #D25DC0 #DF8DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BD35A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BD35A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD35A8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD35A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD35A8	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6406B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd35a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 53, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.210 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d579c2',
    500: '#bd35a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd35a8;
$custom-light: #d579c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd35a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57283,
    "c": 0.21021,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.16192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD35A8

secondary

#84CA8F

accent

#DF6048

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD35A8

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

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