#B040BB#B040BB

#B040BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.205 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040BB
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 61.30, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 75.03, 324.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1658 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.205 324)
XYZ	xyz(28.7068, 16.4864, 48.6742)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040BB #4BBB40

analogous

#7340BB #B040BB #BB4089

triadic

#B040BB #BBB040 #40BBB0

tetradic

#B040BB #BB7340 #4BBB40 #4089BB

square

#B040BB #BB7340 #4BBB40 #4089BB

split-complementary

#B040BB #89BB40 #40BB73

monochromatic

#5A2160 #85308D #B040BB #C46CCD #D699DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B040BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B040BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040BB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040BB	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2568BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5576B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.205 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dd0',
    500: '#b040bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040bb;
$custom-light: #cb7dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.634,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57472,
    "c": 0.20483,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.16485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040BB

secondary

#94C88F

accent

#D94F5C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040BB

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

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