#BF40C5#BF40C5

#BF40C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.220 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40C5
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 66.51, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 79.99, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1827 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.22 326)
XYZ	xyz(33.3966, 18.7765, 54.6777)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40C5 #46C540

analogous

#7C40C5 #BF40C5 #C54088

triadic

#BF40C5 #C5BF40 #40C5BF

tetradic

#BF40C5 #C57C40 #46C540 #4088C5

square

#BF40C5 #C57C40 #46C540 #4088C5

split-complementary

#BF40C5 #88C540 #40C57C

monochromatic

#67206A #942F99 #BF40C5 #CF6FD3 #DE9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BF40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BF40C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40C5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40C5	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)

#256EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4547E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.220 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd7',
    500: '#bf40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40c5;
$custom-light: #d67fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.293,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60131,
    "c": 0.22045,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.18774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40C5

secondary

#96CE93

accent

#DD4B52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40C5

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

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