#B040C3#B040C3

#B040C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.212 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040C3
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(291, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 62.76, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 78.52, 323.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1658 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.212 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5871, 16.8386, 53.3109)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040C3 #53C340

analogous

#6E40C3 #B040C3 #C34094

triadic

#B040C3 #C3B040 #40C3B0

tetradic

#B040C3 #C36E40 #53C340 #4094C3

square

#B040C3 #C36E40 #53C340 #4094C3

split-complementary

#B040C3 #94C340 #40C36E

monochromatic

#5E2168 #882F97 #B040C3 #C36FD2 #D79DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B040C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B040C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040C3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040C3	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F76C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.212 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ed6',
    500: '#b040c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040c3;
$custom-light: #cb7ed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.298,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57941,
    "c": 0.21176,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040C3

secondary

#9BCC92

accent

#DC4C61

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040C3

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

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