#BD38B6#BD38B6

#BD38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.217 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B6
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 66.47, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 77.12, 329.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1884 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.217 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8438, 17.0269, 45.9089)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B6 #38BD3F

analogous

#8138BD #BD38B6 #BD3873

triadic

#BD38B6 #B6BD38 #38B6BD

tetradic

#BD38B6 #BD8138 #38BD3F #3873BD

square

#BD38B6 #BD8138 #38BD3F #3873BD

split-complementary

#BD38B6 #73BD38 #38BD81

monochromatic

#5F1C5B #8E2A89 #BD38B6 #D062CB #DE91DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BD38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BD38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B6

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B6	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A67BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.217 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bcc',
    500: '#bd38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b6;
$custom-light: #d57bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58279,
    "c": 0.21708,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B6

secondary

#87C98B

accent

#DE524A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B6

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

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