#BF38AA#BF38AA

#BF38AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.209 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38AA
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 65.08, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 72.73, 333.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1896 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.209 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1561, 16.8096, 39.6788)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38AA #38BF4D

analogous

#9038BF #BF38AA #BF3866

triadic

#BF38AA #AABF38 #38AABF

tetradic

#BF38AA #BF9038 #38BF4D #3866BF

square

#BF38AA #BF9038 #38BF4D #3866BF

split-complementary

#BF38AA #66BF38 #38BF90

monochromatic

#601C56 #902A80 #BF38AA #D163C0 #DF92D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BF38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BF38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38AA

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38AA	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3765AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6679A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8426D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.209 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bc3',
    500: '#bf38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38aa;
$custom-light: #d67bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57949,
    "c": 0.20934,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38AA

secondary

#89CA93

accent

#DE614A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38AA

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

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