#BD38BB#BD38BB

#BD38BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.221 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38BB
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 67.27, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 79.11, 328.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1885 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.221 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3697, 17.2373, 48.6790)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38BB #38BD3A

analogous

#7C38BD #BD38BB #BD3879

triadic

#BD38BB #BBBD38 #38BBBD

tetradic

#BD38BB #BD7C38 #38BD3A #3879BD

square

#BD38BB #BD7C38 #38BD3A #3879BD

split-complementary

#BD38BB #79BD38 #38BD7C

monochromatic

#5F1C5E #8E2A8C #BD38BB #D062CF #DE91DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BD38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BD38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38BB

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38BB	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2468BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.221 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd0',
    500: '#bd38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38bb;
$custom-light: #d57bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.902,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58554,
    "c": 0.22089,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38BB

secondary

#87C988

accent

#DE4C4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38BB

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

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