#BD40CE#BD40CE

#BD40CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.227 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD40CE
RGB	rgb(189, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 67.63, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 83.71, 323.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1805 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.227 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9591, 18.9438, 60.2483)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD40CE #51CE40

analogous

#7640CE #BD40CE #CE4098

triadic

#BD40CE #CEBD40 #40CEBD

tetradic

#BD40CE #CE7640 #51CE40 #4098CE

square

#BD40CE #CE7640 #51CE40 #4098CE

split-complementary

#BD40CE #98CE40 #40CE76

monochromatic

#6B1E75 #972BA6 #BD40CE #CE71DA #DFA1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BD40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BD40CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD40CE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD40CE	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#106FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.227 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fdd',
    500: '#bd40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd40ce;
$custom-light: #d57fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.817,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60373,
    "c": 0.22693,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD40CE

secondary

#9ED496

accent

#E24558

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD40CE

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

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