#BF38E7#BF38E7

#BF38E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.257 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38E7
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 231)
HSL	hsl(286, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 75.32, -62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 97.67, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.188 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.257 317)
XYZ	xyz(37.3217, 19.6758, 77.4177)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38E7 #60E738

analogous

#6838E7 #BF38E7 #E738B7

triadic

#BF38E7 #E7BF38 #38E7BF

tetradic

#BF38E7 #E76838 #60E738 #38B7E7

square

#BF38E7 #E76838 #60E738 #38B7E7

split-complementary

#BF38E7 #B7E738 #38E768

monochromatic

#751293 #A118CA #BF38E7 #D16FEE #E2A5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BF38E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BF38E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF38E7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF38E7	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.257 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77def',
    500: '#bf38e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38e7;
$custom-light: #d77def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.286,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61521,
    "c": 0.25693,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.19674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38E7

secondary

#AAE199

accent

#F5335F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38E7

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

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