#BD36D9#BD36D9

#BD36D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.247 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD36D9
RGBrgb(189, 54, 217)
HSLhsl(290, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(290, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(12.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(50.06, 73.06, -56.52)
CIE-LCHlch(50.06, 92.37, 322.27°)
OKLaboklab(60.18% 0.189 -0.1586)
OKLCHoklch(60.18% 0.247 320)
XYZxyz(34.8283, 18.4687, 67.3625)
Luminance0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD36D9 #52D936
analogous
#6B36D9 #BD36D9 #D936A4
triadic
#BD36D9 #D9BD36 #36D9BD
tetradic
#BD36D9 #D96B36 #52D936 #36A4D9
square
#BD36D9 #D96B36 #52D936 #36A4D9
split-complementary
#BD36D9 #A4D936 #36D96B
monochromatic
#6C187D #9821B0 #BD36D9 #CE69E3 #DF9DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47
#BD36D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69
#BD36D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD36D9
4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD36D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD36D91.004.474.694.69
#FFFFFF4.471.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6921.001.001.00
##0000004.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006EDD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#467CD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE5886
Achromatopsia (no color)
#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd36d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.247 320.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57be5',
    500: '#bd36d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd36d9;
$custom-light: #d57be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd36d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.693,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60182,
    "c": 0.24673,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.18467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD36D9
secondary
#9ED992
accent
#EB3D5B
background
#FDF8FE
surface
#FBEFFC
border
#D4CAD5
text
#150A16
muted
#837C84

Preview Lab

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#BD36D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva