#BF40BF#BF40BF

#BF40BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.216 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40BF
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 65.50, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 77.53, 327.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1826 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.216 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7228, 18.5070, 51.1288)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40BF #40BF40

analogous

#7F40BF #BF40BF #BF4080

triadic

#BF40BF #BFBF40 #40BFBF

tetradic

#BF40BF #BF8040 #40BF40 #407FBF

square

#BF40BF #BF8040 #40BF40 #407FBF

split-complementary

#BF40BF #80BF40 #40BF80

monochromatic

#632163 #913191 #BF40BF #CE6ECE #DE9CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BF40BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF40BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40BF

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40BF	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.216 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd3',
    500: '#bf40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40bf;
$custom-light: #d67fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59797,
    "c": 0.21563,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40BF

secondary

#91CA91

accent

#D94E4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40BF

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

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