#BF40B5#BF40B5

#BF40B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.208 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40B5
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 63.86, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 73.54, 330.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.182 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.208 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6597, 18.0818, 45.5297)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40B5 #40BF4A

analogous

#8940BF #BF40B5 #BF4076

triadic

#BF40B5 #B5BF40 #40B5BF

tetradic

#BF40B5 #BF8940 #40BF4A #4076BF

square

#BF40B5 #BF8940 #40BF4A #4076BF

split-complementary

#BF40B5 #76BF40 #40BF89

monochromatic

#63215E #91318A #BF40B5 #CE6EC7 #DE9CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BF40B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BF40B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40B5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40B5	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.208 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fcb',
    500: '#bf40b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40b5;
$custom-light: #d67fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.724,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59263,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40B5

secondary

#91CA95

accent

#D9594E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40B5

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

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