#BD40E2#BD40E2

#BD40E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.244 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD40E2
RGB	rgb(189, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 71.28, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 92.42, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1792 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.244 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5451, 19.9782, 73.8679)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD40E2 #65E240

analogous

#6C40E2 #BD40E2 #E240B6

triadic

#BD40E2 #E2BD40 #40E2BD

tetradic

#BD40E2 #E26C40 #65E240 #40B6E2

square

#BD40E2 #E26C40 #65E240 #40B6E2

split-complementary

#BD40E2 #B6E240 #40E26C

monochromatic

#751692 #A01EC7 #BD40E2 #CF75EA #E2AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BD40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BD40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD40E2

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD40E2	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB618E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.244 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580ec',
    500: '#bd40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd40e2;
$custom-light: #d580ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.296,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.24385,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD40E2

secondary

#ADE09E

accent

#F03862

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD40E2

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

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