#BD38DB#BD38DB

#BD38DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.246 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38DB
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 72.77, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 92.50, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1871 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.246 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1850, 18.7634, 68.7725)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38DB #56DB38

analogous

#6C38DB #BD38DB #DB38A8

triadic

#BD38DB #DBBD38 #38DBBD

tetradic

#BD38DB #DB6C38 #56DB38 #38A8DB

square

#BD38DB #DB6C38 #56DB38 #38A8DB

split-complementary

#BD38DB #A8DB38 #38DB6C

monochromatic

#6E1781 #9A21B5 #BD38DB #CE6CE4 #DFA0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BD38DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BD38DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD38DB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD38DB	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.246 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ce7',
    500: '#bd38db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38db;
$custom-light: #d57ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.957,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60469,
    "c": 0.24637,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38DB

secondary

#A1DA95

accent

#EC3C5C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38DB

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

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