#BD38B7#BD38B7

#BD38B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.218 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B7
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 66.63, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 77.52, 329.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1884 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.218 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9475, 17.0684, 46.4551)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B7 #38BD3E

analogous

#8038BD #BD38B7 #BD3874

triadic

#BD38B7 #B7BD38 #38B7BD

tetradic

#BD38B7 #BD8038 #38BD3E #3874BD

square

#BD38B7 #BD8038 #38BD3E #3874BD

split-complementary

#BD38B7 #74BD38 #38BD80

monochromatic

#5F1C5C #8E2A89 #BD38B7 #D062CB #DE91DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BD38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BD38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B7

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B7	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2967BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.218 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bcd',
    500: '#bd38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b7;
$custom-light: #d57bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.707,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58333,
    "c": 0.21783,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B7

secondary

#87C98A

accent

#DE514A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B7

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

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