#BF40C4#BF40C4

#BF40C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.220 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40C4
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 66.34, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 79.58, 326.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1827 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.22 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2824, 18.7309, 54.0762)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40C4 #45C440

analogous

#7D40C4 #BF40C4 #C44087

triadic

#BF40C4 #C4BF40 #40C4BF

tetradic

#BF40C4 #C47D40 #45C440 #4087C4

square

#BF40C4 #C47D40 #45C440 #4087C4

split-complementary

#BF40C4 #87C440 #40C47D

monochromatic

#662069 #942F98 #BF40C4 #CF6FD2 #DE9EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BF40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BF40C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40C4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40C4	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#276EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.220 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd6',
    500: '#bf40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40c4;
$custom-light: #d67fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60074,
    "c": 0.21964,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40C4

secondary

#95CD93

accent

#DC4C51

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40C4

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

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