#B040AF#B040AF

#B040AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.195 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040AF
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 175)
HSL	hsl(301, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 0.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 59.19, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 69.94, 327.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1654 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.195 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4754, 15.9939, 42.1891)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040AF #40B041

analogous

#7940B0 #B040AF #B04077

triadic

#B040AF #AFB040 #40AFB0

tetradic

#B040AF #B07940 #40B041 #4077B0

square

#B040AF #B07940 #40B041 #4077B0

split-complementary

#B040AF #77B040 #40B079

monochromatic

#561F56 #833082 #B040AF #C766C6 #D893D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B040AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B040AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040AF

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040AF	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3266B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C75AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.195 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dc7',
    500: '#b040af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040af;
$custom-light: #cb7dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.536,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56803,
    "c": 0.19471,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040AF

secondary

#89C389

accent

#D65351

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040AF

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

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