#B040BD#B040BD

#B040BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.207 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040BD
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 61.66, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 75.90, 324.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1658 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.207 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9223, 16.5727, 49.8097)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040BD #4DBD40

analogous

#7240BD #B040BD #BD408C

triadic

#B040BD #BDB040 #40BDB0

tetradic

#B040BD #BD7240 #4DBD40 #408CBD

square

#B040BD #BD7240 #4DBD40 #408CBD

split-complementary

#B040BD #8CBD40 #40BD72

monochromatic

#5B2162 #85318F #B040BD #C36DCD #D69ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B040BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B040BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040BD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040BD	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2269C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5476BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.207 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dd1',
    500: '#b040bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040bd;
$custom-light: #cb7dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57588,
    "c": 0.20655,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040BD

secondary

#96C990

accent

#D94F5D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040BD

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

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