#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
RGBrgb(189, 54, 197)
HSLhsl(297, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(297, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(4.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.87, 69.60, -46.93)
CIE-LCHlch(48.87, 83.94, 326.01°)
OKLaboklab(58.96% 0.1904 -0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(58.96% 0.231 325.6)
XYZxyz(32.3828, 17.4905, 54.4829)
Luminance0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BD36C51.004.674.504.67
#FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00
#0000004.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00

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

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#BD36C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva