#BF40B4#BF40B4

#BF40B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.207 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40B4
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 63.70, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 73.15, 330.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.182 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.207 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5574, 18.0409, 44.9913)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40B4 #40BF4B

analogous

#8B40BF #BF40B4 #BF4074

triadic

#BF40B4 #B4BF40 #40B4BF

tetradic

#BF40B4 #BF8B40 #40BF4B #4074BF

square

#BF40B4 #BF8B40 #40BF4B #4074BF

split-complementary

#BF40B4 #74BF40 #40BF8B

monochromatic

#63215E #913189 #BF40B4 #CE6EC6 #DE9CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BF40B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BF40B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40B4

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40B4	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.207 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fcb',
    500: '#bf40b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40b4;
$custom-light: #d67fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.197,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59211,
    "c": 0.20702,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40B4

secondary

#91CA96

accent

#D95B4E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40B4

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

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