#BF40B0#BF40B0

#BF40B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.204 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40B0
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 176)
HSL	hsl(307, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(307, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 7.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 63.07, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 71.61, 331.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1816 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.204 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1558, 17.8802, 42.8762)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40B0 #40BF4F

analogous

#8F40BF #BF40B0 #BF4070

triadic

#BF40B0 #B0BF40 #40B0BF

tetradic

#BF40B0 #BF8F40 #40BF4F #4070BF

square

#BF40B0 #BF8F40 #40BF4F #4070BF

split-complementary

#BF40B0 #70BF40 #40BF8F

monochromatic

#63215C #913186 #BF40B0 #CE6EC3 #DE9CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BF40B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BF40B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF40B0

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF40B0	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.204 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fc8',
    500: '#bf40b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40b0;
$custom-light: #d67fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.087,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59006,
    "c": 0.20398,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40B0

secondary

#91CA98

accent

#D95F4E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40B0

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

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