#BD38B2#BD38B2

#BD38B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.214 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B2
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 65.83, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 75.57, 330.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1882 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.214 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4363, 16.8639, 43.7629)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B2 #38BD43

analogous

#8538BD #BD38B2 #BD3870

triadic

#BD38B2 #B2BD38 #38B2BD

tetradic

#BD38B2 #BD8538 #38BD43 #3870BD

square

#BD38B2 #BD8538 #38BD43 #3870BD

split-complementary

#BD38B2 #70BD38 #38BD85

monochromatic

#5F1C59 #8E2A86 #BD38B2 #D062C7 #DE91D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BD38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BD38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B2	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.214 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bc9',
    500: '#bd38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b2;
$custom-light: #d57bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.962,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58064,
    "c": 0.21407,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B2

secondary

#87C98D

accent

#DE564A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B2

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

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