#BD36B1#BD36B1

#BD36B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.216 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36B1
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 66.36, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 75.97, 330.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1901 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.216 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2413, 16.6339, 43.2044)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36B1 #36BD42

analogous

#8536BD #BD36B1 #BD366E

triadic

#BD36B1 #B1BD36 #36B1BD

tetradic

#BD36B1 #BD8536 #36BD42 #366EBD

square

#BD36B1 #BD8536 #36BD42 #366EBD

split-complementary

#BD36B1 #6EBD36 #36BD85

monochromatic

#5E1B58 #8D2884 #BD36B1 #D15FC7 #DF8FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BD36B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BD36B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36B1

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36B1	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.216 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ac9',
    500: '#bd36b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36b1;
$custom-light: #d57ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57837,
    "c": 0.21559,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36B1

secondary

#85C98B

accent

#DF5649

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36B1

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

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