#BD38AA#BD38AA

#BD38AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.208 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38AA
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(309, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 64.60, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 72.55, 332.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1876 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.208 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6564, 16.5520, 39.6553)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38AA #38BD4B

analogous

#8D38BD #BD38AA #BD3868

triadic

#BD38AA #AABD38 #38AABD

tetradic

#BD38AA #BD8D38 #38BD4B #3868BD

square

#BD38AA #BD8D38 #38BD4B #3868BD

split-complementary

#BD38AA #68BD38 #38BD8D

monochromatic

#5F1C55 #8E2A80 #BD38AA #D062C1 #DE91D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BD38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BD38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38AA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38AA	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3665AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6578A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6436D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.208 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ac3',
    500: '#bd38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38aa;
$custom-light: #d57ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57648,
    "c": 0.20819,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38AA

secondary

#87C991

accent

#DE5F4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38AA

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

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