#B040A5#B040A5

#B040A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.187 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040A5
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(306, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 6.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 57.51, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 65.88, 330.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1645 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.187 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5294, 15.6155, 37.2068)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040A5 #40B04B

analogous

#8340B0 #B040A5 #B0406D

triadic

#B040A5 #A5B040 #40A5B0

tetradic

#B040A5 #B08340 #40B04B #406DB0

square

#B040A5 #B08340 #40B04B #406DB0

split-complementary

#B040A5 #6DB040 #40B083

monochromatic

#561F51 #83307B #B040A5 #C766BE #D893D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B040A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B040A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040A5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040A5	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A64A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6074A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.187 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dc0',
    500: '#b040a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040a5;
$custom-light: #cb7dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.893,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.18659,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040A5

secondary

#89C38F

accent

#D65F51

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040A5

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

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