#BF38B4#BF38B4

#BF38B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.217 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B4
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 66.61, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 76.48, 330.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1904 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.217 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1382, 17.2025, 44.8516)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B4 #38BF43

analogous

#8638BF #BF38B4 #BF3870

triadic

#BF38B4 #B4BF38 #38B4BF

tetradic

#BF38B4 #BF8638 #38BF43 #3870BF

square

#BF38B4 #BF8638 #38BF43 #3870BF

split-complementary

#BF38B4 #70BF38 #38BF86

monochromatic

#601C5B #902A87 #BF38B4 #D163C8 #DF92D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BF38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BF38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B4

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B4	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E67B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.217 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bcb',
    500: '#bf38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b4;
$custom-light: #d67bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58467,
    "c": 0.21662,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B4

secondary

#89CA8E

accent

#DE564A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B4

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

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