#BF38B7#BF38B7

#BF38B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.219 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B7
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 67.08, -39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 77.64, 329.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1905 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.219 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4472, 17.3260, 46.4785)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B7 #38BF40

analogous

#8438BF #BF38B7 #BF3873

triadic

#BF38B7 #B7BF38 #38B7BF

tetradic

#BF38B7 #BF8438 #38BF40 #3873BF

square

#BF38B7 #BF8438 #38BF40 #3873BF

split-complementary

#BF38B7 #73BF38 #38BF84

monochromatic

#601C5C #902A8A #BF38B7 #D163CB #DF92DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BF38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BF38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B7

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B7	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B68BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.219 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bcd',
    500: '#bf38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b7;
$custom-light: #d67bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.21886,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B7

secondary

#89CA8D

accent

#DE534A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B7

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

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