#BF38B3#BF38B3

#BF38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.216 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B3
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 66.45, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 76.09, 330.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1903 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.216 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0367, 17.1619, 44.3170)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B3 #38BF44

analogous

#8738BF #BF38B3 #BF386F

triadic

#BF38B3 #B3BF38 #38B3BF

tetradic

#BF38B3 #BF8738 #38BF44 #386FBF

square

#BF38B3 #BF8738 #38BF44 #386FBF

split-complementary

#BF38B3 #6FBF38 #38BF87

monochromatic

#601C5A #902A87 #BF38B3 #D163C7 #DF92D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BF38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BF38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B3	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F67B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.216 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bca',
    500: '#bf38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b3;
$custom-light: #d67bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58413,
    "c": 0.21588,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B3

secondary

#89CA8E

accent

#DE574A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B3

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

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