#BF38DF#BF38DF

#BF38DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.250 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38DF
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 223)
HSL	hsl(289, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 74.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 73.87, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 94.21, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.189 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.25 319)
XYZ	xyz(36.2175, 19.2342, 71.6026)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38DF #58DF38

analogous

#6C38DF #BF38DF #DF38AC

triadic

#BF38DF #DFBF38 #38DFBF

tetradic

#BF38DF #DF6C38 #58DF38 #38ACDF

square

#BF38DF #DF6C38 #58DF38 #38ACDF

split-complementary

#BF38DF #ACDF38 #38DF6C

monochromatic

#711687 #9D1EBC #BF38DF #D06DE7 #E1A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BF38DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BF38DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF38DF

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF38DF	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.250 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77dea',
    500: '#bf38df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38df;
$custom-light: #d77dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.503,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60999,
    "c": 0.25038,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.19232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38DF

secondary

#A4DD96

accent

#EF395C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38DF

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

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