#BD38C1#BD38C1

#BD38C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.226 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38C1
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 68.26, -44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 81.53, 326.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1886 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.226 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0255, 17.4996, 52.1327)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38C1 #3CC138

analogous

#7938C1 #BD38C1 #C13881

triadic

#BD38C1 #C1BD38 #38C1BD

tetradic

#BD38C1 #C17938 #3CC138 #3881C1

square

#BD38C1 #C17938 #3CC138 #3881C1

split-complementary

#BD38C1 #81C138 #38C179

monochromatic

#601C62 #8F2A92 #BD38C1 #CF64D2 #DE94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BD38C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BD38C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38C1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38C1	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1969C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.226 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd4',
    500: '#bd38c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38c1;
$custom-light: #d57bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.248,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58893,
    "c": 0.22554,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38C1

secondary

#8CCB8A

accent

#DE494E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38C1

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

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