#B040BC#B040BC

#B040BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.206 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040BC
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 61.48, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 75.46, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1658 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.206 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8142, 16.5294, 49.2400)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040BC #4CBC40

analogous

#7240BC #B040BC #BC408A

triadic

#B040BC #BCB040 #40BCB0

tetradic

#B040BC #BC7240 #4CBC40 #408ABC

square

#B040BC #BC7240 #4CBC40 #408ABC

split-complementary

#B040BC #8ABC40 #40BC72

monochromatic

#5B2161 #85308E #B040BC #C46CCD #D69ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B040BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B040BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040BC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040BC	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2369C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5476B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.206 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dd1',
    500: '#b040bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040bc;
$custom-light: #cb7dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5753,
    "c": 0.2057,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040BC

secondary

#95C98F

accent

#D94F5C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040BC

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

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