#B040BA#B040BA

#B040BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.204 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040BA
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 61.12, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 74.60, 325.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1658 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.204 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6001, 16.4438, 48.1124)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040BA #4ABA40

analogous

#7340BA #B040BA #BA4087

triadic

#B040BA #BAB040 #40BAB0

tetradic

#B040BA #BA7340 #4ABA40 #4087BA

square

#B040BA #BA7340 #4ABA40 #4087BA

split-complementary

#B040BA #87BA40 #40BA73

monochromatic

#5A215F #85308C #B040BA #C46BCC #D699DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B040BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B040BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040BA

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040BA	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2668BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5575B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.204 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dcf',
    500: '#b040ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040ba;
$custom-light: #cb7dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.082,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57415,
    "c": 0.20398,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040BA

secondary

#93C88E

accent

#D84F5B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040BA

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

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