#BF40CD#BF40CD

#BF40CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.227 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40CD
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(294, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 67.89, -48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 83.35, 324.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.1827 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.227 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3377, 19.1530, 59.6340)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40CD #4ECD40

analogous

#7940CD #BF40CD #CD4094

triadic

#BF40CD #CDBF40 #40CDBF

tetradic

#BF40CD #CD7940 #4ECD40 #4094CD

square

#BF40CD #CD7940 #4ECD40 #4094CD

split-complementary

#BF40CD #94CD40 #40CD79

monochromatic

#6C1E74 #992BA5 #BF40CD #CF71DA #E0A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BF40CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BF40CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40CD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40CD	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1670D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.227 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680dd',
    500: '#bf40cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40cd;
$custom-light: #d680dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.043,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60589,
    "c": 0.22698,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40CD

secondary

#9CD396

accent

#E24656

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40CD

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

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