#B040AE#B040AE

#B040AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.194 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040AE
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 174)
HSL	hsl(301, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 59.02, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 69.52, 328.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1653 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.194 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3776, 15.9548, 41.6738)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040AE #40B042

analogous

#7A40B0 #B040AE #B04076

triadic

#B040AE #AEB040 #40AEB0

tetradic

#B040AE #B07A40 #40B042 #4076B0

square

#B040AE #B07A40 #40B042 #4076B0

split-complementary

#B040AE #76B040 #40B07A

monochromatic

#561F55 #833082 #B040AE #C766C6 #D893D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B040AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B040AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040AE

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040AE	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3366B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C74AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.194 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dc6',
    500: '#b040ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040ae;
$custom-light: #cb7dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.071,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56749,
    "c": 0.19387,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040AE

secondary

#89C38A

accent

#D65451

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040AE

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

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