#BD37BD#BD37BD

#BD37BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.224 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD37BD
RGB	rgb(189, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 67.94, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 80.30, 327.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1895 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.224 328)
XYZ	xyz(31.5374, 17.2276, 49.7984)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD37BD #37BD37

analogous

#7A37BD #BD37BD #BD377A

triadic

#BD37BD #BDBD37 #37BDBD

tetradic

#BD37BD #BD7A37 #37BD37 #377ABD

square

#BD37BD #BD7A37 #37BD37 #377ABD

split-complementary

#BD37BD #7ABD37 #37BD7A

monochromatic

#5E1B5E #8E298E #BD37BD #D160D1 #DF90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BD37BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BD37BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD37BD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD37BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD37BD	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F68C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd37bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.224 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd1',
    500: '#bd37bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd37bd;
$custom-light: #d57bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd37bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5858,
    "c": 0.22354,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.17225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD37BD

secondary

#86C986

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD37BD

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

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