#BD38BD#BD38BD

#BD38BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.222 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38BD
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 67.60, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 79.91, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1886 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.222 328)
XYZ	xyz(31.5853, 17.3235, 49.8144)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38BD #38BD38

analogous

#7A38BD #BD38BD #BD387A

triadic

#BD38BD #BDBD38 #38BDBD

tetradic

#BD38BD #BD7A38 #38BD38 #387ABD

square

#BD38BD #BD7A38 #38BD38 #387ABD

split-complementary

#BD38BD #7ABD38 #38BD7A

monochromatic

#5F1C5F #8E2A8E #BD38BD #D062D0 #DE91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BD38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38BD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38BD	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2169C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.222 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd1',
    500: '#bd38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38bd;
$custom-light: #d57bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58666,
    "c": 0.22244,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.17321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38BD

secondary

#87C987

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38BD

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

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