#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
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(290, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 73.06, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 92.37, 322.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.189 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.247 320)
XYZ	xyz(34.8283, 18.4687, 67.3625)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BD36D9	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BD36D9

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

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