#BD38D4#BD38D4

#BD38D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.241 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38D4
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 71.52, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 89.49, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1878 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.241 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2828, 18.4025, 64.0209)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38D4 #4FD438

analogous

#6F38D4 #BD38D4 #D4389D

triadic

#BD38D4 #D4BD38 #38D4BD

tetradic

#BD38D4 #D46F38 #4FD438 #389DD4

square

#BD38D4 #D46F38 #4FD438 #389DD4

split-complementary

#BD38D4 #9DD438 #38D46F

monochromatic

#6A1A78 #9625AA #BD38D4 #CE6ADF #DE9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BD38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BD38D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD38D4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD38D4	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.241 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ce2',
    500: '#bd38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38d4;
$custom-light: #d57ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.24068,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38D4

secondary

#9CD692

accent

#E74059

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38D4

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

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