#BF40B3#BF40B3

#BF40B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.206 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40B3
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 63.54, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 72.76, 330.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1819 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.206 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4559, 18.0003, 44.4567)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40B3 #40BF4C

analogous

#8B40BF #BF40B3 #BF4074

triadic

#BF40B3 #B3BF40 #40B3BF

tetradic

#BF40B3 #BF8B40 #40BF4C #4074BF

square

#BF40B3 #BF8B40 #40BF4C #4074BF

split-complementary

#BF40B3 #74BF40 #40BF8B

monochromatic

#63215D #913188 #BF40B3 #CE6EC5 #DE9CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BF40B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BF40B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40B3

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40B3	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.206 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fca',
    500: '#bf40b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40b3;
$custom-light: #d67fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.669,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5916,
    "c": 0.20626,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40B3

secondary

#91CA96

accent

#D95C4E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40B3

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

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