#BF38DB#BF38DB

#BF38DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.247 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38DB
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(290, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 73.15, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 92.49, 322.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.1894 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.247 320)
XYZ	xyz(35.6846, 19.0210, 68.7959)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38DB #54DB38

analogous

#6E38DB #BF38DB #DB38A6

triadic

#BF38DB #DBBF38 #38DBBF

tetradic

#BF38DB #DB6E38 #54DB38 #38A6DB

square

#BF38DB #DB6E38 #54DB38 #38A6DB

split-complementary

#BF38DB #A6DB38 #38DB6E

monochromatic

#6F1781 #9C21B5 #BF38DB #D06CE4 #E0A0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BF38DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BF38DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF38DB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF38DB	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.247 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77ce7',
    500: '#bf38db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38db;
$custom-light: #d77ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.693,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60744,
    "c": 0.24713,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.19019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38DB

secondary

#A1DA95

accent

#EC3C5A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38DB

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

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