#BF38B1#BF38B1

#BF38B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.214 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B1
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 7.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 66.14, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 75.33, 331.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1902 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.214 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8359, 17.0815, 43.2594)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B1 #38BF46

analogous

#8938BF #BF38B1 #BF386D

triadic

#BF38B1 #B1BF38 #38B1BF

tetradic

#BF38B1 #BF8938 #38BF46 #386DBF

square

#BF38B1 #BF8938 #38BF46 #386DBF

split-complementary

#BF38B1 #6DBF38 #38BF89

monochromatic

#601C59 #902A85 #BF38B1 #D163C6 #DF92D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BF38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BF38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B1

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B1	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3167B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.214 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bc9',
    500: '#bf38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b1;
$custom-light: #d67bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58308,
    "c": 0.21441,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B1

secondary

#89CA8F

accent

#DE594A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B1

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

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