#BD36A8#BD36A8

#BD36A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.209 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36A8
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 64.99, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 72.61, 333.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1895 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.209 335)
XYZ	xyz(29.3737, 16.2869, 38.6349)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36A8 #36BD4B

analogous

#8E36BD #BD36A8 #BD3665

triadic

#BD36A8 #A8BD36 #36A8BD

tetradic

#BD36A8 #BD8E36 #36BD4B #3665BD

square

#BD36A8 #BD8E36 #36BD4B #3665BD

split-complementary

#BD36A8 #65BD36 #36BD8E

monochromatic

#5E1B53 #8D287E #BD36A8 #D15FBF #DF8FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BD36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BD36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36A8

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36A8	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3564AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6416B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.209 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d579c2',
    500: '#bd36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36a8;
$custom-light: #d579c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5737,
    "c": 0.20908,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.16284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36A8

secondary

#85C990

accent

#DF6049

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36A8

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

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