#BF40BE#BF40BE

#BF40BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.215 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40BE
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 65.33, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 77.12, 327.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1826 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.215 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6131, 18.4631, 50.5512)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40BE #40BF41

analogous

#8040BF #BF40BE #BF407F

triadic

#BF40BE #BEBF40 #40BEBF

tetradic

#BF40BE #BF8040 #40BF41 #407FBF

square

#BF40BE #BF8040 #40BF41 #407FBF

split-complementary

#BF40BE #7FBF40 #40BF80

monochromatic

#632163 #913190 #BF40BE #CE6ECE #DE9CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BF40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BF40BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40BE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40BE	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E6CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.215 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd2',
    500: '#bf40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40be;
$custom-light: #d67fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.472,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59743,
    "c": 0.21484,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40BE

secondary

#91CA91

accent

#D9504E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40BE

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

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