#BF40FF#BF40FF

#BF40FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.270 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF40FF
RGB	rgb(191, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(280, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 77.23, -71.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 105.28, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1777 -0.2026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.27 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3658, 21.9642, 96.6488)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF40FF #80FF40

analogous

#5F40FF #BF40FF #FF40E0

triadic

#BF40FF #FFBF40 #40FFBF

tetradic

#BF40FF #FF5F40 #80FF40 #40E0FF

square

#BF40FF #FF5F40 #80FF40 #40E0FF

split-complementary

#BF40FF #E0FF40 #40FF5F

monochromatic

#8300C5 #AA03FF #BF40FF #D47DFF #E8BAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BF40FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BF40FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF40FF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF40FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF40FF	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1583FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf40ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.270 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881ff',
    500: '#bf40ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf40ff;
$custom-light: #d881ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf40ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.895,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.2695,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF40FF

secondary

#C2F0AB

accent

#E6004D

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150B18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF40FF

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

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