#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
RGBrgb(191, 64, 217)
HSLhsl(290, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(290, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(51.56, 70.03, -54.10)
CIE-LCHlch(51.56, 88.50, 322.31°)
OKLaboklab(61.31% 0.1823 -0.1515)
OKLCHoklch(61.31% 0.237 320.3)
XYZxyz(35.8421, 19.7547, 67.5573)
Luminance0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##BF40D91.004.244.954.95
#FFFFFF4.241.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9521.001.001.00
##0000004.9521.001.001.00

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

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#BF40D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva