#BF36C8#BF36C8

#BF36C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.234 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BF36C8
RGBrgb(191, 54, 200)
HSLhsl(296, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(296, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(4.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(49.36, 70.52, -47.87)
CIE-LCHlch(49.36, 85.23, 325.83°)
OKLaboklab(59.42% 0.1924 -0.1332)
OKLCHoklch(59.42% 0.234 325.3)
XYZxyz(33.2296, 17.8870, 56.3347)
Luminance0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BF36C8 #3FC836
analogous
#7636C8 #BF36C8 #C83688
triadic
#BF36C8 #C8BF36 #36C8BF
tetradic
#BF36C8 #C87636 #3FC836 #3688C8
square
#BF36C8 #C87636 #3FC836 #3688C8
split-complementary
#BF36C8 #88C836 #36C876
monochromatic
#631C68 #912998 #BF36C8 #CF66D6 #DE96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59
#BF36C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58
#BF36C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF36C8
4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BF36C8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BF36C81.004.594.584.59
#FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00
#0000004.5821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006BCC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#557BC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C34F7D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bf36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.234 325.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bd9',
    500: '#bf36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bf36c8;
$custom-light: #d67bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bf36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.301,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5942,
    "c": 0.23404,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BF36C8
secondary
#90CE8C
accent
#E14751
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFA
border
#D4CAD3
text
#150A15
muted
#837C83

Preview Lab

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#BF36C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva