#BF37BF#BF37BF

#BF37BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.226 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF37BF
RGB	rgb(191, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 68.70, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 81.19, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1916 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.226 328)
XYZ	xyz(32.2556, 17.5726, 50.9731)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF37BF #37BF37

analogous

#7B37BF #BF37BF #BF377B

triadic

#BF37BF #BFBF37 #37BFBF

tetradic

#BF37BF #BF7B37 #37BF37 #377BBF

square

#BF37BF #BF7B37 #37BF37 #377BBF

split-complementary

#BF37BF #7BBF37 #37BF7B

monochromatic

#601C60 #8F298F #BF37BF #D262D2 #DF91DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BF37BF on #FFFFFF

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On black

4.51

#BF37BF on #000000

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Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF37BF

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF37BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF37BF	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E69C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf37bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.226 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bd3',
    500: '#bf37bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf37bf;
$custom-light: #d67bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf37bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58984,
    "c": 0.22604,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.1757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF37BF

secondary

#88CA88

accent

#DF4949

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF37BF

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

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