#B040BF#B040BF

#B040BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.208 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040BF
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 62.03, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 76.77, 323.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1658 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.208 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1409, 16.6601, 50.9609)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040BF #4FBF40

analogous

#7040BF #B040BF #BF408F

triadic

#B040BF #BFB040 #40BFB0

tetradic

#B040BF #BF7040 #4FBF40 #408FBF

square

#B040BF #BF7040 #4FBF40 #408FBF

split-complementary

#B040BF #8FBF40 #40BF70

monochromatic

#5C2163 #863191 #B040BF #C36ECE #D69CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B040BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B040BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040BF

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040BF	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F69C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5276BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.208 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7dd3',
    500: '#b040bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040bf;
$custom-light: #cb7dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.913,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57705,
    "c": 0.20828,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040BF

secondary

#98CA91

accent

#D94E5F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040BF

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

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