#BF40BD#BF40BD

#BF40BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.214 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40BD
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 65.17, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 76.72, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1825 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.214 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5042, 18.4196, 49.9776)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40BD #40BF42

analogous

#8240BF #BF40BD #BF407D

triadic

#BF40BD #BDBF40 #40BDBF

tetradic

#BF40BD #BF8240 #40BF42 #407DBF

square

#BF40BD #BF8240 #40BF42 #407DBF

split-complementary

#BF40BD #7DBF40 #40BF82

monochromatic

#632162 #913190 #BF40BD #CE6ECD #DE9CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BF40BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BF40BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40BD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40BD	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.214 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd1',
    500: '#bf40bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40bd;
$custom-light: #d67fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.945,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.21405,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40BD

secondary

#91CA92

accent

#D9514E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40BD

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

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