#B040BE#B040BE

#B040BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.207 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040BE
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 61.85, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 76.33, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1658 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.207 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0313, 16.6162, 50.3833)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040BE #4EBE40

analogous

#7140BE #B040BE #BE408D

triadic

#B040BE #BEB040 #40BEB0

tetradic

#B040BE #BE7140 #4EBE40 #408DBE

square

#B040BE #BE7140 #4EBE40 #408DBE

split-complementary

#B040BE #8DBE40 #40BE71

monochromatic

#5B2162 #863190 #B040BE #C36DCE #D69BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B040BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B040BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040BE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040BE	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2069C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5376BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3547A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.207 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dd2',
    500: '#b040be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040be;
$custom-light: #cb7dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57646,
    "c": 0.20742,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040BE

secondary

#97C990

accent

#D94F5E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040BE

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

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