#BD38B0#BD38B0

#BD38B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.213 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B0
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 65.52, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 74.80, 331.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1881 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.213 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2370, 16.7842, 42.7130)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B0 #38BD45

analogous

#8838BD #BD38B0 #BD386D

triadic

#BD38B0 #B0BD38 #38B0BD

tetradic

#BD38B0 #BD8838 #38BD45 #386DBD

square

#BD38B0 #BD8838 #38BD45 #386DBD

split-complementary

#BD38B0 #6DBD38 #38BD88

monochromatic

#5F1C58 #8E2A84 #BD38B0 #D062C6 #DE91D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BD38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BD38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B0

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B0	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3166B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.213 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bc8',
    500: '#bd38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b0;
$custom-light: #d57bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.865,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57958,
    "c": 0.21259,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B0

secondary

#87C98E

accent

#DE594A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B0

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

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