#BD38BE#BD38BE

#BD38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.223 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38BE
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 67.76, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 80.31, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.1886 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.223 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6943, 17.3671, 50.3881)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38BE #39BE38

analogous

#7A38BE #BD38BE #BE387C

triadic

#BD38BE #BEBD38 #38BEBD

tetradic

#BD38BE #BE7A38 #39BE38 #387CBE

square

#BD38BE #BE7A38 #39BE38 #387CBE

split-complementary

#BD38BE #7CBE38 #38BE7A

monochromatic

#5F1C5F #8E2A8F #BD38BE #D062D1 #DE92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BD38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38BE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38BE	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F69C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.223 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd2',
    500: '#bd38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38be;
$custom-light: #d57bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.552,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58722,
    "c": 0.2232,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38BE

secondary

#89CA88

accent

#DE4A4B

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38BE

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

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