#B040B5#B040B5

#B040B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.200 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040B5
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(297, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 60.24, -40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 72.46, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1657 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.2 326)
XYZ	xyz(28.0778, 16.2349, 45.3618)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040B5 #45B540

analogous

#7540B5 #B040B5 #B5407F

triadic

#B040B5 #B5B040 #40B5B0

tetradic

#B040B5 #B57540 #45B540 #407FB5

square

#B040B5 #B57540 #45B540 #407FB5

split-complementary

#B040B5 #7FB540 #40B575

monochromatic

#58205B #843088 #B040B5 #C668CA #D796DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B040B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B040B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040B5

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040B5	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5875B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.200 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dcb',
    500: '#b040b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040b5;
$custom-light: #cb7dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.436,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57133,
    "c": 0.19973,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.16233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040B5

secondary

#8EC58B

accent

#D75056

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040B5

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

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