#BD38B3#BD38B3

#BD38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.215 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B3
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 65.99, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 75.95, 330.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1882 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.215 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5371, 16.9042, 44.2936)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B3 #38BD42

analogous

#8438BD #BD38B3 #BD3871

triadic

#BD38B3 #B3BD38 #38B3BD

tetradic

#BD38B3 #BD8438 #38BD42 #3871BD

square

#BD38B3 #BD8438 #38BD42 #3871BD

split-complementary

#BD38B3 #71BD38 #38BD84

monochromatic

#5F1C5A #8E2A86 #BD38B3 #D062C8 #DE91D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BD38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BD38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B3	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6079B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.215 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bca',
    500: '#bd38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b3;
$custom-light: #d57bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.511,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58117,
    "c": 0.21482,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B3

secondary

#87C98C

accent

#DE554A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B3

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

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