#BD36B4#BD36B4

#BD36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.218 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36B4
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 66.83, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 77.12, 330.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1903 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.218 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5436, 16.7548, 44.7965)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36B4 #36BD3F

analogous

#8236BD #BD36B4 #BD3670

triadic

#BD36B4 #B4BD36 #36B4BD

tetradic

#BD36B4 #BD8236 #36BD3F #3670BD

square

#BD36B4 #BD8236 #36BD3F #3670BD

split-complementary

#BD36B4 #70BD36 #36BD82

monochromatic

#5E1B59 #8D2887 #BD36B4 #D15FCA #DF8FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BD36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BD36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36B4

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36B4	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A66B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.218 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57acb',
    500: '#bd36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36b4;
$custom-light: #d57acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57998,
    "c": 0.21781,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36B4

secondary

#85C98A

accent

#DF5349

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36B4

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

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