#BF38C0#BF38C0

#BF38C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.226 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BF38C0
RGBrgb(191, 56, 192)
HSLhsl(300, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(300, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(49.15, 68.53, -43.58)
CIE-LCHlch(49.15, 81.21, 327.55°)
OKLaboklab(59.13% 0.1907 -0.1207)
OKLCHoklch(59.13% 0.226 327.7)
XYZxyz(32.4140, 17.7128, 51.5706)
Luminance0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BF38C0 #39C038
analogous
#7B38C0 #BF38C0 #C0387D
triadic
#BF38C0 #C0BF38 #38C0BF
tetradic
#BF38C0 #C07B38 #39C038 #387DC0
square
#BF38C0 #C07B38 #39C038 #387DC0
split-complementary
#BF38C0 #7DC038 #38C07B
monochromatic
#611C61 #902A91 #BF38C0 #D164D2 #DF93DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62
#BF38C0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54
#BF38C0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38C0
4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BF38C0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BF38C01.004.624.544.62
#FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00
#0000004.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1E6AC4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B7BBD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C54D79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bf38c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.226 327.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bd3',
    500: '#bf38c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bf38c0;
$custom-light: #d67bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bf38c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.559,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59125,
    "c": 0.22571,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BF38C0
secondary
#8ACB89
accent
#DE4A4B
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFA
border
#D4CAD3
text
#150A14
muted
#837C83

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#BF38C0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva