#BD36B0#BD36B0

#BD36B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.215 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36B0
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 176)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 66.21, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 75.59, 331.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1901 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.215 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1420, 16.5942, 42.6814)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36B0 #36BD43

analogous

#8736BD #BD36B0 #BD366C

triadic

#BD36B0 #B0BD36 #36B0BD

tetradic

#BD36B0 #BD8736 #36BD43 #366CBD

square

#BD36B0 #BD8736 #36BD43 #366CBD

split-complementary

#BD36B0 #6CBD36 #36BD87

monochromatic

#5E1B57 #8D2884 #BD36B0 #D15FC6 #DF8FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BD36B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BD36B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36B0

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36B0	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5446F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.215 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ac8',
    500: '#bd36b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36b0;
$custom-light: #d57ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57784,
    "c": 0.21485,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36B0

secondary

#85C98C

accent

#DF5749

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36B0

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

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