#BF38C2#BF38C2

#BF38C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.227 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38C2
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 68.86, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 82.02, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1907 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.227 327)
XYZ	xyz(32.6371, 17.8020, 52.7456)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38C2 #3BC238

analogous

#7A38C2 #BF38C2 #C23880

triadic

#BF38C2 #C2BF38 #38C2BF

tetradic

#BF38C2 #C27A38 #3BC238 #3880C2

square

#BF38C2 #C27A38 #3BC238 #3880C2

split-complementary

#BF38C2 #80C238 #38C27A

monochromatic

#611D63 #902A93 #BF38C2 #D065D2 #DF94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BF38C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BF38C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38C2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38C2	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A6AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.227 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bd5',
    500: '#bf38c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38c2;
$custom-light: #d67bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.696,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59238,
    "c": 0.22726,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38C2

secondary

#8CCB8A

accent

#DF494D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38C2

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

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