#BD38B1#BD38B1

#BD38B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.213 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B1
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 65.68, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 75.18, 330.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1881 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.213 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3363, 16.8239, 43.2360)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B1 #38BD44

analogous

#8738BD #BD38B1 #BD386E

triadic

#BD38B1 #B1BD38 #38B1BD

tetradic

#BD38B1 #BD8738 #38BD44 #386EBD

square

#BD38B1 #BD8738 #38BD44 #386EBD

split-complementary

#BD38B1 #6EBD38 #38BD87

monochromatic

#5F1C59 #8E2A85 #BD38B1 #D062C6 #DE91D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BD38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BD38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B1

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B1	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3066B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.213 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bc9',
    500: '#bd38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b1;
$custom-light: #d57bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.414,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58011,
    "c": 0.21332,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B1

secondary

#87C98D

accent

#DE574A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B1

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

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