#B040C5#B040C5

#B040C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.214 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040C5
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 63.13, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 79.41, 322.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1658 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.214 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8148, 16.9296, 54.5098)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040C5 #55C540

analogous

#6D40C5 #B040C5 #C54097

triadic

#B040C5 #C5B040 #40C5B0

tetradic

#B040C5 #C56D40 #55C540 #4097C5

square

#B040C5 #C56D40 #55C540 #4097C5

split-complementary

#B040C5 #97C540 #40C56D

monochromatic

#5F206A #882F99 #B040C5 #C36FD3 #D79EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B040C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B040C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040C5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040C5	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1577E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.214 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ed7',
    500: '#b040c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040c5;
$custom-light: #cb7ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58061,
    "c": 0.21351,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040C5

secondary

#9CCE93

accent

#DD4B62

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040C5

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

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