#BF38C4#BF38C4

#BF38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.229 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38C4
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 69.19, -45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 82.83, 326.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1907 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.229 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8632, 17.8925, 53.9365)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38C4 #3DC438

analogous

#7938C4 #BF38C4 #C43883

triadic

#BF38C4 #C4BF38 #38C4BF

tetradic

#BF38C4 #C47938 #3DC438 #3883C4

square

#BF38C4 #C47938 #3DC438 #3883C4

split-complementary

#BF38C4 #83C438 #38C479

monochromatic

#621D65 #912A94 #BF38C4 #CF66D3 #DE96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BF38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BF38C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38C4

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38C4	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.229 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67cd6',
    500: '#bf38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38c4;
$custom-light: #d67cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59353,
    "c": 0.22881,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38C4

secondary

#8ECC8C

accent

#DF494E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38C4

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

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