#BD36B3#BD36B3

#BD36B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.217 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36B3
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 66.67, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 76.74, 330.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1902 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.217 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4421, 16.7142, 44.2619)
Luminance	0.1671 (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

#BD36B3 #36BD40

analogous

#8336BD #BD36B3 #BD3670

triadic

#BD36B3 #B3BD36 #36B3BD

tetradic

#BD36B3 #BD8336 #36BD40 #3670BD

square

#BD36B3 #BD8336 #36BD40 #3670BD

split-complementary

#BD36B3 #70BD36 #36BD83

monochromatic

#5E1B59 #8D2886 #BD36B3 #D15FC9 #DF8FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BD36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BD36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36B3

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36B3	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.217 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57aca',
    500: '#bd36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36b3;
$custom-light: #d57aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57944,
    "c": 0.21707,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36B3

secondary

#85C98A

accent

#DF5449

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36B3

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

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