#BD38C5#BD38C5

#BD38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.229 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38C5
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 68.93, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 83.18, 325.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1885 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.229 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4778, 17.6805, 54.5145)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38C5 #40C538

analogous

#7738C5 #BD38C5 #C53886

triadic

#BD38C5 #C5BD38 #38C5BD

tetradic

#BD38C5 #C57738 #40C538 #3886C5

square

#BD38C5 #C57738 #40C538 #3886C5

split-complementary

#BD38C5 #86C538 #38C577

monochromatic

#621D66 #8F2A95 #BD38C5 #CD67D4 #DD96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BD38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BD38C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38C5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38C5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F6AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.229 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd7',
    500: '#bd38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38c5;
$custom-light: #d57bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.596,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59124,
    "c": 0.22868,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38C5

secondary

#90CD8C

accent

#DF4951

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38C5

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

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