#BD38C9#BD38C9

#BD38C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.232 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38C9
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 69.61, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 84.84, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1884 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.232 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9422, 17.8663, 56.9604)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38C9 #44C938

analogous

#7438C9 #BD38C9 #C9388D

triadic

#BD38C9 #C9BD38 #38C9BD

tetradic

#BD38C9 #C97438 #44C938 #388DC9

square

#BD38C9 #C97438 #44C938 #388DC9

split-complementary

#BD38C9 #8DC938 #38C974

monochromatic

#631D6A #912A9A #BD38C9 #CD68D6 #DD98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BD38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BD38C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD38C9

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD38C9	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1517E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.232 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bda',
    500: '#bd38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38c9;
$custom-light: #d57bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.034,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59359,
    "c": 0.23185,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38C9

secondary

#93CF8E

accent

#E14754

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38C9

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

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