#BF38C5#BF38C5

#BF38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.230 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38C5
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 69.35, -46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 83.24, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1907 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.23 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9774, 17.9381, 54.5380)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38C5 #3EC538

analogous

#7938C5 #BF38C5 #C53884

triadic

#BF38C5 #C5BF38 #38C5BF

tetradic

#BF38C5 #C57938 #3EC538 #3884C5

square

#BF38C5 #C57938 #3EC538 #3884C5

split-complementary

#BF38C5 #84C538 #38C579

monochromatic

#631D66 #912A95 #BF38C5 #CF67D4 #DE96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BF38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BF38C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF38C5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF38C5	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.230 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67cd7',
    500: '#bf38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38c5;
$custom-light: #d67cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5941,
    "c": 0.22959,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38C5

secondary

#8FCD8C

accent

#DF494F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38C5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →