#BD40C6#BD40C6

#BD40C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.220 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD40C6
RGB	rgb(189, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 66.23, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 80.32, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1805 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.22 325)
XYZ	xyz(33.0119, 18.5649, 55.2597)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD40C6 #49C640

analogous

#7A40C6 #BD40C6 #C6408C

triadic

#BD40C6 #C6BD40 #40C6BD

tetradic

#BD40C6 #C67A40 #49C640 #408CC6

square

#BD40C6 #C67A40 #49C640 #408CC6

split-complementary

#BD40C6 #8CC640 #40C67A

monochromatic

#66206C #932E9B #BD40C6 #CD6FD4 #DE9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BD40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BD40C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD40C6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD40C6	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.220 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd8',
    500: '#bd40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd40c6;
$custom-light: #d47fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.97,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59908,
    "c": 0.22031,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.18563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD40C6

secondary

#97CE93

accent

#DD4A54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD40C6

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

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