#BD36B7#BD36B7

#BD36B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.220 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36B7
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 67.31, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 78.30, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1904 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.22 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8525, 16.8784, 46.4235)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36B7 #36BD3C

analogous

#8036BD #BD36B7 #BD3673

triadic

#BD36B7 #B7BD36 #36B7BD

tetradic

#BD36B7 #BD8036 #36BD3C #3673BD

square

#BD36B7 #BD8036 #36BD3C #3673BD

split-complementary

#BD36B7 #73BD36 #36BD80

monochromatic

#5E1B5B #8D2889 #BD36B7 #D15FCC #DF8FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BD36B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BD36B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36B7

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36B7	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2667BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.220 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57acd',
    500: '#bd36b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36b7;
$custom-light: #d57acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58161,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36B7

secondary

#85C988

accent

#DF5049

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36B7

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

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