#BD37DE#BD37DE

#BD37DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.250 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD37DE
RGB	rgb(189, 55, 222)
HSL	hsl(288, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 73.63, -58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 94.16, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1876 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.25 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5355, 18.8268, 70.8552)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD37DE #58DE37

analogous

#6A37DE #BD37DE #DE37AB

triadic

#BD37DE #DEBD37 #37DEBD

tetradic

#BD37DE #DE6A37 #58DE37 #37ABDE

square

#BD37DE #DE6A37 #58DE37 #37ABDE

split-complementary

#BD37DE #ABDE37 #37DE6A

monochromatic

#6F1685 #9B1FB9 #BD37DE #CE6CE7 #E0A0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BD37DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BD37DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD37DE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD37DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD37DE	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd37de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 55, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.250 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ce9',
    500: '#bd37de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd37de;
$custom-light: #d57ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd37de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.144,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60582,
    "c": 0.24981,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD37DE

secondary

#A3DC95

accent

#EE395D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD37DE

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

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