#BD38B8#BD38B8

#BD38B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.219 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38B8
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 66.79, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 77.91, 329.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1884 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.219 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0519, 17.1102, 47.0052)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38B8 #38BD3D

analogous

#8038BD #BD38B8 #BD3875

triadic

#BD38B8 #B8BD38 #38B8BD

tetradic

#BD38B8 #BD8038 #38BD3D #3875BD

square

#BD38B8 #BD8038 #38BD3D #3875BD

split-complementary

#BD38B8 #75BD38 #38BD80

monochromatic

#5F1C5C #8E2A8A #BD38B8 #D062CC #DE91DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BD38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BD38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38B8

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38B8	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2867BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.219 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bce',
    500: '#bd38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38b8;
$custom-light: #d57bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.256,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58388,
    "c": 0.21859,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38B8

secondary

#87C98A

accent

#DE504A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38B8

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

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