#B040AA#B040AA

#B040AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.191 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040AA
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 3.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 58.34, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 67.88, 329.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.165 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.191 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9934, 15.8011, 39.6506)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040AA #40B046

analogous

#7E40B0 #B040AA #B04072

triadic

#B040AA #AAB040 #40AAB0

tetradic

#B040AA #B07E40 #40B046 #4072B0

square

#B040AA #B07E40 #40B046 #4072B0

split-complementary

#B040AA #72B040 #40B07E

monochromatic

#561F53 #83307F #B040AA #C766C2 #D893D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B040AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B040AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040AA

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040AA	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3765AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.191 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dc3',
    500: '#b040aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040aa;
$custom-light: #cb7dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.214,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56536,
    "c": 0.19061,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040AA

secondary

#89C38C

accent

#D65951

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040AA

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

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