#BF38CA#BF38CA

#BF38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.234 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38CA
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 70.20, -48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 85.31, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1905 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.234 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5599, 18.1711, 57.6054)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38CA #43CA38

analogous

#7638CA #BF38CA #CA388C

triadic

#BF38CA #CABF38 #38CABF

tetradic

#BF38CA #CA7638 #43CA38 #388CCA

square

#BF38CA #CA7638 #43CA38 #388CCA

split-complementary

#BF38CA #8CCA38 #38CA76

monochromatic

#651D6B #93299B #BF38CA #CF68D7 #DE99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BF38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BF38CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF38CA

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF38CA	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3517E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.234 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67cdb',
    500: '#bf38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38ca;
$custom-light: #d67cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.479,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59703,
    "c": 0.23352,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38CA

secondary

#93CF8E

accent

#E14752

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38CA

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

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