#BF40D9#BF40D9

#BF40D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.237 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40D9
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 70.03, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 88.50, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1823 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.237 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8421, 19.7547, 67.5573)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40D9 #5AD940

analogous

#7340D9 #BF40D9 #D940A6

triadic

#BF40D9 #D9BF40 #40D9BF

tetradic

#BF40D9 #D97340 #5AD940 #40A6D9

square

#BF40D9 #D97340 #5AD940 #40A6D9

split-complementary

#BF40D9 #A6D940 #40D973

monochromatic

#721A84 #9E24B7 #BF40D9 #D073E3 #E1A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BF40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#BF40D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40D9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40D9	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.237 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680e5',
    500: '#bf40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40d9;
$custom-light: #d680e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.804,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61308,
    "c": 0.23699,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40D9

secondary

#A5DA9A

accent

#EA3E5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40D9

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

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