#BD38D3#BD38D3

#BD38D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.240 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38D3
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 71.34, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 89.06, 323.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.1878 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.24 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1570, 18.3522, 63.3586)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38D3 #4ED338

analogous

#7038D3 #BD38D3 #D3389B

triadic

#BD38D3 #D3BD38 #38D3BD

tetradic

#BD38D3 #D37038 #4ED338 #389BD3

square

#BD38D3 #D37038 #4ED338 #389BD3

split-complementary

#BD38D3 #9BD338 #38D370

monochromatic

#691A76 #9625A9 #BD38D3 #CE6ADE #DE9CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BD38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BD38D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD38D3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD38D3	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.240 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ce1',
    500: '#bd38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38d3;
$custom-light: #d57ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.484,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59966,
    "c": 0.23987,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38D3

secondary

#9BD592

accent

#E74159

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38D3

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

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