#BF40D7#BF40D7

#BF40D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.235 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40D7
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 69.67, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 87.63, 322.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1824 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.235 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5836, 19.6513, 66.1956)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40D7 #58D740

analogous

#7440D7 #BF40D7 #D740A3

triadic

#BF40D7 #D7BF40 #40D7BF

tetradic

#BF40D7 #D77440 #58D740 #40A3D7

square

#BF40D7 #D77440 #58D740 #40A3D7

split-complementary

#BF40D7 #A3D740 #40D774

monochromatic

#711B81 #9D26B4 #BF40D7 #D073E2 #E1A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BF40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BF40D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40D7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40D7	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.235 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680e4',
    500: '#bf40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40d7;
$custom-light: #d680e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.464,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61186,
    "c": 0.23531,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40D7

secondary

#A4D99A

accent

#E83F5A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40D7

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

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