#BD36C5#BD36C5

#BD36C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.231 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD36C5
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 69.60, -46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 83.94, 326.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1904 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.231 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3828, 17.4905, 54.4829)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD36C5 #3EC536

analogous

#7536C5 #BD36C5 #C53686

triadic

#BD36C5 #C5BD36 #36C5BD

tetradic

#BD36C5 #C57536 #3EC536 #3686C5

square

#BD36C5 #C57536 #3EC536 #3686C5

split-complementary

#BD36C5 #86C536 #36C575

monochromatic

#611C65 #8F2995 #BD36C5 #CE64D4 #DD94E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BD36C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BD36C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD36C5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD36C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD36C5	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0669C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd36c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.231 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ad7',
    500: '#bd36c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd36c5;
$custom-light: #d57ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd36c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.643,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58957,
    "c": 0.23081,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD36C5

secondary

#8ECD8A

accent

#E04850

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD36C5

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

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