#BD36AB#BD36AB

#BD36AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.211 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36AB
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 171)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 65.44, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 73.71, 332.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1897 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.211 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6564, 16.3999, 40.1238)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36AB #36BD48

analogous

#8B36BD #BD36AB #BD3667

triadic

#BD36AB #ABBD36 #36ABBD

tetradic

#BD36AB #BD8B36 #36BD48 #3667BD

square

#BD36AB #BD8B36 #36BD48 #3667BD

split-complementary

#BD36AB #67BD36 #36BD8B

monochromatic

#5E1B55 #8D2880 #BD36AB #D15FC2 #DF8FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BD36AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BD36AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36AB

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36AB	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3364AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6378A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6426D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.211 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ac4',
    500: '#bd36ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36ab;
$custom-light: #d57ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57523,
    "c": 0.21122,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36AB

secondary

#85C98E

accent

#DF5D49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36AB

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

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