#BF38AE#BF38AE

#BF38AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.212 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38AE
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 65.68, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 74.20, 332.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.19 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.212 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5402, 16.9633, 41.7019)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38AE #38BF49

analogous

#8C38BF #BF38AE #BF386A

triadic

#BF38AE #AEBF38 #38AEBF

tetradic

#BF38AE #BF8C38 #38BF49 #386ABF

square

#BF38AE #BF8C38 #38BF49 #386ABF

split-complementary

#BF38AE #6ABF38 #38BF8C

monochromatic

#601C58 #902A83 #BF38AE #D163C3 #DF92D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BF38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BF38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38AE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38AE	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)

#3466B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8446F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.212 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bc6',
    500: '#bf38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38ae;
$custom-light: #d67bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58152,
    "c": 0.21222,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38AE

secondary

#89CA91

accent

#DE5C4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38AE

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

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