#BF40D5#BF40D5

#BF40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.234 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40D5
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 69.31, -52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 86.77, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1825 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.234 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3282, 19.5491, 64.8504)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40D5 #56D540

analogous

#7540D5 #BF40D5 #D540A1

triadic

#BF40D5 #D5BF40 #40D5BF

tetradic

#BF40D5 #D57540 #56D540 #40A1D5

square

#BF40D5 #D57540 #56D540 #40A1D5

split-complementary

#BF40D5 #A1D540 #40D575

monochromatic

#701C7F #9D27B1 #BF40D5 #D072E0 #E1A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BF40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BF40D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40D5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40D5	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.234 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680e2',
    500: '#bf40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40d5;
$custom-light: #d680e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.141,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61065,
    "c": 0.23363,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40D5

secondary

#A2D899

accent

#E74159

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40D5

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

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