#BD36BC#BD36BC

#BD36BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.224 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36BC
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 68.11, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 80.28, 328.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1905 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.224 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3822, 17.0903, 49.2131)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36BC #36BD37

analogous

#7A36BD #BD36BC #BD3679

triadic

#BD36BC #BCBD36 #36BCBD

tetradic

#BD36BC #BD7A36 #36BD37 #3679BD

square

#BD36BC #BD7A36 #36BD37 #3679BD

split-complementary

#BD36BC #79BD36 #36BD7A

monochromatic

#5E1B5D #8D288D #BD36BC #D15FD0 #DF8FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BD36BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BD36BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36BC

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36BC	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E68C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.224 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ad1',
    500: '#bd36bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36bc;
$custom-light: #d57ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58439,
    "c": 0.22385,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36BC

secondary

#85C986

accent

#DF4A49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36BC

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

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