#BF40C6#BF40C6

#BF40C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.221 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40C6
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 66.68, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 80.41, 326.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1828 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.221 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5116, 18.8225, 55.2831)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40C6 #47C640

analogous

#7C40C6 #BF40C6 #C6408A

triadic

#BF40C6 #C6BF40 #40C6BF

tetradic

#BF40C6 #C67C40 #47C640 #408AC6

square

#BF40C6 #C67C40 #47C640 #408AC6

split-complementary

#BF40C6 #8AC640 #40C67C

monochromatic

#68206C #952E9B #BF40C6 #CF6FD4 #DF9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BF40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BF40C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40C6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40C6	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.221 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd8',
    500: '#bf40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40c6;
$custom-light: #d67fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.866,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60187,
    "c": 0.22127,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40C6

secondary

#96CE93

accent

#DD4A52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40C6

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

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