#BF38C6#BF38C6

#BF38C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.230 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BF38C6
RGBrgb(191, 56, 198)
HSLhsl(297, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(297, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(3.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(49.48, 69.52, -46.53)
CIE-LCHlch(49.48, 83.65, 326.21°)
OKLaboklab(59.47% 0.1906 -0.1293)
OKLCHoklch(59.47% 0.23 325.9)
XYZxyz(33.0924, 17.9841, 55.1434)
Luminance0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BF38C6 #3FC638
analogous
#7838C6 #BF38C6 #C63886
triadic
#BF38C6 #C6BF38 #38C6BF
tetradic
#BF38C6 #C67838 #3FC638 #3886C6
square
#BF38C6 #C67838 #3FC638 #3886C6
split-complementary
#BF38C6 #86C638 #38C678
monochromatic
#631D67 #912B96 #BF38C6 #CF67D4 #DE97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57
#BF38C6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60
#BF38C6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF38C6
4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BF38C6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BF38C61.004.574.604.60
#FFFFFF4.571.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6021.001.001.00
##0000004.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#106BCA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#587BC3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4507C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bf38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.230 325.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67cd8',
    500: '#bf38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bf38c6;
$custom-light: #d67cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bf38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.042,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59468,
    "c": 0.23037,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BF38C6
secondary
#90CD8D
accent
#DF4950
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFA
border
#D4CAD3
text
#150A14
muted
#837C83

Preview Lab

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#BF38C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva