#BF38B6#BF38B6

#BF38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.218 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B6
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 66.92, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 77.25, 330.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.1905 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.218 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3434, 17.2846, 45.9323)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B6 #38BF41

analogous

#8438BF #BF38B6 #BF3872

triadic

#BF38B6 #B6BF38 #38B6BF

tetradic

#BF38B6 #BF8438 #38BF41 #3872BF

square

#BF38B6 #BF8438 #38BF41 #3872BF

split-complementary

#BF38B6 #72BF38 #38BF84

monochromatic

#601C5C #902A89 #BF38B6 #D163CA #DF92DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BF38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BF38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B6	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C68BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.218 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bcc',
    500: '#bf38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b6;
$custom-light: #d67bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58573,
    "c": 0.21811,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B6

secondary

#89CA8D

accent

#DE544A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B6

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

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