#BD48E3#BD48E3

#BD48E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.236 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD48E3
RGB	rgb(189, 72, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 68.43, -57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 89.42, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1713 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.236 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1667, 21.0011, 74.7540)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD48E3 #6EE348

analogous

#6F48E3 #BD48E3 #E348BC

triadic

#BD48E3 #E3BD48 #48E3BD

tetradic

#BD48E3 #E36F48 #6EE348 #48BCE3

square

#BD48E3 #E36F48 #6EE348 #48BCE3

split-complementary

#BD48E3 #BCE348 #48E36F

monochromatic

#791799 #A320CE #BD48E3 #D07DEB #E3B2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BD48E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BD48E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD48E3

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD48E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD48E3	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd48e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 72, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.236 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d584ec',
    500: '#bd48e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd48e3;
$custom-light: #d584ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd48e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.29,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62437,
    "c": 0.23555,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD48E3

secondary

#B4E2A5

accent

#F03865

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD48E3

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

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