#BD36BE#BD36BE

#BD36BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.225 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36BE
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 68.44, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 81.09, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1905 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.225 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5993, 17.1771, 50.3564)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36BE #37BE36

analogous

#7936BE #BD36BE #BE367B

triadic

#BD36BE #BEBD36 #36BEBD

tetradic

#BD36BE #BE7936 #37BE36 #367BBE

square

#BD36BE #BE7936 #37BE36 #367BBE

split-complementary

#BD36BE #7BBE36 #36BE79

monochromatic

#5E1B5F #8E288E #BD36BE #D160D2 #DF8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BD36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BD36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36BE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36BE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A79BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.225 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ad2',
    500: '#bd36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36be;
$custom-light: #d57ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.559,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58552,
    "c": 0.22539,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36BE

secondary

#86CA86

accent

#DF494A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36BE

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

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