#B040C2#B040C2

#B040C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.211 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040C2
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 62.58, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 78.08, 323.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1658 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.211 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4745, 16.7935, 52.7174)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040C2 #52C240

analogous

#6F40C2 #B040C2 #C24093

triadic

#B040C2 #C2B040 #40C2B0

tetradic

#B040C2 #C26F40 #52C240 #4093C2

square

#B040C2 #C26F40 #52C240 #4093C2

split-complementary

#B040C2 #93C240 #40C26F

monochromatic

#5D2167 #873095 #B040C2 #C36ED1 #D69DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B040C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B040C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040C2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040C2	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#196AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5076BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2567C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.211 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ed5',
    500: '#b040c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040c2;
$custom-light: #cb7ed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.692,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57882,
    "c": 0.21088,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040C2

secondary

#9ACC92

accent

#DB4D60

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040C2

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

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