#BD38BA#BD38BA

#BD38BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.220 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38BA
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 67.11, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 78.71, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1885 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.22 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2631, 17.1946, 48.1171)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38BA #38BD3B

analogous

#7D38BD #BD38BA #BD3878

triadic

#BD38BA #BABD38 #38BABD

tetradic

#BD38BA #BD7D38 #38BD3B #3878BD

square

#BD38BA #BD7D38 #38BD3B #3878BD

split-complementary

#BD38BA #78BD38 #38BD7D

monochromatic

#5F1C5D #8E2A8C #BD38BA #D062CE #DE91DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BD38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BD38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38BA

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38BA	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2568BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D79B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.220 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bcf',
    500: '#bd38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38ba;
$custom-light: #d57bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.353,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58498,
    "c": 0.22012,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38BA

secondary

#87C989

accent

#DE4D4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38BA

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

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