#BD38BF#BD38BF

#BD38BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.224 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38BF
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 67.93, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 80.72, 327.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1886 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.224 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8039, 17.4110, 50.9656)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38BF #3ABF38

analogous

#7938BF #BD38BF #BF387D

triadic

#BD38BF #BFBD38 #38BFBD

tetradic

#BD38BF #BF7938 #3ABF38 #387DBF

square

#BD38BF #BF7938 #3ABF38 #387DBF

split-complementary

#BD38BF #7DBF38 #38BF79

monochromatic

#5F1C60 #8E2A90 #BD38BF #D063D1 #DE92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BD38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BD38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38BF

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38BF	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D69C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.224 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd3',
    500: '#bd38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38bf;
$custom-light: #d57bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58779,
    "c": 0.22398,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38BF

secondary

#8ACA89

accent

#DE4A4C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38BF

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

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