#BF40C9#BF40C9

#BF40C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.224 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40C9
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 67.20, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 81.66, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1828 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.224 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8610, 18.9623, 57.1236)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40C9 #4AC940

analogous

#7A40C9 #BF40C9 #C9408F

triadic

#BF40C9 #C9BF40 #40C9BF

tetradic

#BF40C9 #C97A40 #4AC940 #408FC9

square

#BF40C9 #C97A40 #4AC940 #408FC9

split-complementary

#BF40C9 #8FC940 #40C97A

monochromatic

#691F6F #972D9F #BF40C9 #CF70D6 #DF9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BF40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BF40C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40C9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40C9	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.224 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fda',
    500: '#bf40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40c9;
$custom-light: #d67fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.62,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60358,
    "c": 0.2237,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40C9

secondary

#99D094

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40C9

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

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