#BF38B8#BF38B8

#BF38B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.220 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38B8
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 67.24, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 78.03, 329.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1905 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.22 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5516, 17.3678, 47.0286)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38B8 #38BF3F

analogous

#8238BF #BF38B8 #BF3874

triadic

#BF38B8 #B8BF38 #38B8BF

tetradic

#BF38B8 #BF8238 #38BF3F #3874BF

square

#BF38B8 #BF8238 #38BF3F #3874BF

split-complementary

#BF38B8 #74BF38 #38BF82

monochromatic

#601C5D #902A8A #BF38B8 #D163CC #DF92DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BF38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BF38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38B8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38B8	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A68BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.220 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bce',
    500: '#bf38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38b8;
$custom-light: #d67bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58682,
    "c": 0.21961,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38B8

secondary

#89CA8C

accent

#DE514A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38B8

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

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