#BD38B5#BD38B5

#BD38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.216 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B5
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 66.31, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 76.73, 329.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1883 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.216 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7408, 16.9857, 45.3666)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B5 #38BD40

analogous

#8238BD #BD38B5 #BD3872

triadic

#BD38B5 #B5BD38 #38B5BD

tetradic

#BD38B5 #BD8238 #38BD40 #3872BD

square

#BD38B5 #BD8238 #38BD40 #3872BD

split-complementary

#BD38B5 #72BD38 #38BD82

monochromatic

#5F1C5B #8E2A88 #BD38B5 #D062CA #DE91DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BD38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BD38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B5	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.216 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bcb',
    500: '#bd38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b5;
$custom-light: #d57bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.609,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58225,
    "c": 0.21631,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B5

secondary

#87C98B

accent

#DE534A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B5

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

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