#BF36B1#BF36B1

#BF36B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.217 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF36B1
RGB	rgb(191, 54, 177)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 7.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 66.82, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 76.11, 331.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1922 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.217 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7409, 16.8915, 43.2278)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF36B1 #36BF44

analogous

#8836BF #BF36B1 #BF366D

triadic

#BF36B1 #B1BF36 #36B1BF

tetradic

#BF36B1 #BF8836 #36BF44 #366DBF

square

#BF36B1 #BF8836 #36BF44 #366DBF

split-complementary

#BF36B1 #6DBF36 #36BF88

monochromatic

#601B59 #8F2985 #BF36B1 #D260C6 #E090D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BF36B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BF36B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF36B1

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF36B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF36B1	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F66B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf36b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 54, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.217 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67ac9',
    500: '#bf36b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf36b1;
$custom-light: #d67ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf36b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.131,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58136,
    "c": 0.21665,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF36B1

secondary

#87CA8D

accent

#DF5849

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF36B1

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

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