#BD36AD#BD36AD

#BD36AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.213 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36AD
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 65.75, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 74.45, 332.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1899 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.213 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8484, 16.4768, 41.1353)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36AD #36BD46

analogous

#8936BD #BD36AD #BD3669

triadic

#BD36AD #ADBD36 #36ADBD

tetradic

#BD36AD #BD8936 #36BD46 #3669BD

square

#BD36AD #BD8936 #36BD46 #3669BD

split-complementary

#BD36AD #69BD36 #36BD89

monochromatic

#5E1B56 #8D2881 #BD36AD #D15FC4 #DF8FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BD36AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BD36AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36AD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36AD	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3164B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5436E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.213 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ac6',
    500: '#bd36ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36ad;
$custom-light: #d57ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57626,
    "c": 0.21266,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36AD

secondary

#85C98D

accent

#DF5B49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36AD

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

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