#BF38B0#BF38B0

#BF38B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.214 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B0
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 7.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 65.99, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 74.95, 331.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1901 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.214 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7366, 17.0418, 42.7364)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B0 #38BF47

analogous

#8A38BF #BF38B0 #BF386C

triadic

#BF38B0 #B0BF38 #38B0BF

tetradic

#BF38B0 #BF8A38 #38BF47 #386CBF

square

#BF38B0 #BF8A38 #38BF47 #386CBF

split-complementary

#BF38B0 #6CBF38 #38BF8A

monochromatic

#601C59 #902A84 #BF38B0 #D163C5 #DF92D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BF38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BF38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B0

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B0	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3266B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.214 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bc8',
    500: '#bf38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b0;
$custom-light: #d67bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58256,
    "c": 0.21367,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B0

secondary

#89CA90

accent

#DE5A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B0

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

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