#BD36AE#BD36AE

#BD36AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.213 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36AE
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 65.90, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 74.83, 331.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1899 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.213 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9456, 16.5156, 41.6469)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36AE #36BD45

analogous

#8936BD #BD36AE #BD366A

triadic

#BD36AE #AEBD36 #36AEBD

tetradic

#BD36AE #BD8936 #36BD45 #366ABD

square

#BD36AE #BD8936 #36BD45 #366ABD

split-complementary

#BD36AE #6ABD36 #36BD89

monochromatic

#5E1B56 #8D2882 #BD36AE #D15FC5 #DF8FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BD36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BD36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36AE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36AE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3065B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5436E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.213 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ac6',
    500: '#bd36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36ae;
$custom-light: #d57ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57679,
    "c": 0.21339,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36AE

secondary

#85C98D

accent

#DF5A49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36AE

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

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