#BF38B2#BF38B2

#BF38B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.215 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B2
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 66.30, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 75.71, 331.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1903 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.215 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9360, 17.1216, 43.7863)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B2 #38BF45

analogous

#8838BF #BF38B2 #BF386E

triadic

#BF38B2 #B2BF38 #38B2BF

tetradic

#BF38B2 #BF8838 #38BF45 #386EBF

square

#BF38B2 #BF8838 #38BF45 #386EBF

split-complementary

#BF38B2 #6EBF38 #38BF88

monochromatic

#601C5A #902A86 #BF38B2 #D163C7 #DF92D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BF38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BF38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B2	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3067B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.215 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bc9',
    500: '#bf38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b2;
$custom-light: #d67bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58361,
    "c": 0.21514,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B2

secondary

#89CA8F

accent

#DE584A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B2

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

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