#BF38DE#BF38DE

#BF38DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.250 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38DE
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 222)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 74.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 73.69, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 93.78, 321.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1891 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.25 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0831, 19.1804, 70.8946)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38DE #57DE38

analogous

#6C38DE #BF38DE #DE38AA

triadic

#BF38DE #DEBF38 #38DEBF

tetradic

#BF38DE #DE6C38 #57DE38 #38AADE

square

#BF38DE #DE6C38 #57DE38 #38AADE

split-complementary

#BF38DE #AADE38 #38DE6C

monochromatic

#711685 #9D1FBA #BF38DE #D06CE7 #E1A1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BF38DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BF38DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF38DE

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF38DE	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.250 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77de9',
    500: '#bf38de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38de;
$custom-light: #d77de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.795,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60935,
    "c": 0.24957,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38DE

secondary

#A3DC96

accent

#EE3A5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38DE

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

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