#BD38C3#BD38C3

#BD38C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.227 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38C3
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 68.59, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 82.35, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1885 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.227 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2501, 17.5895, 53.3156)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38C3 #3EC338

analogous

#7838C3 #BD38C3 #C33884

triadic

#BD38C3 #C3BD38 #38C3BD

tetradic

#BD38C3 #C37838 #3EC338 #3884C3

square

#BD38C3 #C37838 #3EC338 #3884C3

split-complementary

#BD38C3 #84C338 #38C378

monochromatic

#611D64 #8F2A93 #BD38C3 #CE65D3 #DD95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BD38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BD38C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38C3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38C3	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.227 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd6',
    500: '#bd38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38c3;
$custom-light: #d57bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.41,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59008,
    "c": 0.22711,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38C3

secondary

#8ECC8B

accent

#DF4950

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38C3

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

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