#BF40E2#BF40E2

#BF40E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.245 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40E2
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(287, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 71.68, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 92.42, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1816 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.245 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0448, 20.2358, 73.8913)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40E2 #63E240

analogous

#6E40E2 #BF40E2 #E240B4

triadic

#BF40E2 #E2BF40 #40E2BF

tetradic

#BF40E2 #E26E40 #63E240 #40B4E2

square

#BF40E2 #E26E40 #63E240 #40B4E2

split-complementary

#BF40E2 #B4E240 #40E26E

monochromatic

#771692 #A21EC7 #BF40E2 #D175EA #E3AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BF40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BF40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40E2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40E2	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4680DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE618E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.245 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d780ec',
    500: '#bf40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40e2;
$custom-light: #d780ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.037,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6187,
    "c": 0.24459,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40E2

secondary

#ACE09E

accent

#F0385F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40E2

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

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