#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
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 69.52, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 83.65, 326.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1906 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.23 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0924, 17.9841, 55.1434)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BF38C6	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BF38C6

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

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