#BD38BC#BD38BC

#BD38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.222 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38BC
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 67.43, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 79.51, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1885 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.222 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4772, 17.2803, 49.2447)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38BC #38BD39

analogous

#7B38BD #BD38BC #BD3879

triadic

#BD38BC #BCBD38 #38BCBD

tetradic

#BD38BC #BD7B38 #38BD39 #3879BD

square

#BD38BC #BD7B38 #38BD39 #3879BD

split-complementary

#BD38BC #79BD38 #38BD7B

monochromatic

#5F1C5E #8E2A8D #BD38BC #D062D0 #DE91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BD38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BD38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38BC

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38BC	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2268C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.222 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd1',
    500: '#bd38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38bc;
$custom-light: #d57bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.451,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5861,
    "c": 0.22165,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38BC

secondary

#87C988

accent

#DE4B4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38BC

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

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