#BF38B5#BF38B5

#BF38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.217 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B5
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 66.76, -38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 76.86, 330.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.1904 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.217 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2405, 17.2434, 45.3900)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B5 #38BF42

analogous

#8538BF #BF38B5 #BF3872

triadic

#BF38B5 #B5BF38 #38B5BF

tetradic

#BF38B5 #BF8538 #38BF42 #3872BF

square

#BF38B5 #BF8538 #38BF42 #3872BF

split-complementary

#BF38B5 #72BF38 #38BF85

monochromatic

#601C5B #902A88 #BF38B5 #D163C9 #DF92D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BF38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BF38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.217 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bcb',
    500: '#bf38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b5;
$custom-light: #d67bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5852,
    "c": 0.21736,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B5

secondary

#89CA8E

accent

#DE554A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B5

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

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