#BF36B3#BF36B3

#BF36B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.218 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF36B3
RGB	rgb(191, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 67.13, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 76.87, 330.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1923 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.218 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9417, 16.9719, 44.2853)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF36B3 #36BF42

analogous

#8636BF #BF36B3 #BF366F

triadic

#BF36B3 #B3BF36 #36B3BF

tetradic

#BF36B3 #BF8636 #36BF42 #366FBF

square

#BF36B3 #BF8636 #36BF42 #366FBF

split-complementary

#BF36B3 #6FBF36 #36BF86

monochromatic

#601B5A #8F2986 #BF36B3 #D260C8 #E090D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BF36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BF36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF36B3

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF36B3	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.218 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67aca',
    500: '#bf36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf36b3;
$custom-light: #d67aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.255,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58242,
    "c": 0.21812,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF36B3

secondary

#87CA8C

accent

#DF5649

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF36B3

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

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