#BF40C8#BF40C8

#BF40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.223 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40C8
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 67.02, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 81.24, 325.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.1828 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.223 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7438, 18.9154, 56.5061)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40C8 #49C840

analogous

#7B40C8 #BF40C8 #C8408D

triadic

#BF40C8 #C8BF40 #40C8BF

tetradic

#BF40C8 #C87B40 #49C840 #408DC8

square

#BF40C8 #C87B40 #49C840 #408DC8

split-complementary

#BF40C8 #8DC840 #40C87B

monochromatic

#69206E #962D9D #BF40C8 #CF70D6 #DF9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BF40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BF40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40C8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40C8	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.223 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd9',
    500: '#bf40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40c8;
$custom-light: #d67fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60301,
    "c": 0.2229,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40C8

secondary

#98D094

accent

#DF4953

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40C8

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

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