#BD38EA#BD38EA

#BD38EA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.259 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD38EA
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 234)
HSL	hsl(285, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 76.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 75.52, -64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 99.02, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1852 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.259 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2494, 19.5891, 79.6449)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD38EA #65EA38

analogous

#6438EA #BD38EA #EA38BE

triadic

#BD38EA #EABD38 #38EABD

tetradic

#BD38EA #EA6438 #65EA38 #38BEEA

square

#BD38EA #EA6438 #65EA38 #38BEEA

split-complementary

#BD38EA #BEEA38 #38EA64

monochromatic

#751098 #A016CF #BD38EA #CF6FF0 #E2A7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BD38EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BD38EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD38EA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD38EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD38EA	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd38ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.259 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67df2',
    500: '#bd38ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd38ea;
$custom-light: #d67df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd38ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.831,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61454,
    "c": 0.25873,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD38EA

secondary

#ADE39B

accent

#F73063

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD38EA

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

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