#B040C8#B040C8

#B040C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.216 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040C8
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 63.69, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 80.74, 322.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1657 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.216 320)
XYZ	xyz(30.1619, 17.0685, 56.3382)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040C8 #58C840

analogous

#6C40C8 #B040C8 #C8409C

triadic

#B040C8 #C8B040 #40C8B0

tetradic

#B040C8 #C86C40 #58C840 #409CC8

square

#B040C8 #C86C40 #58C840 #409CC8

split-complementary

#B040C8 #9CC840 #40C86C

monochromatic

#60206E #8A2D9D #B040C8 #C470D6 #D79FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B040C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B040C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040C8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040C8	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#066BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.216 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ed9',
    500: '#b040c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040c8;
$custom-light: #cb7ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58243,
    "c": 0.21613,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.17067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040C8

secondary

#9FD094

accent

#DF4964

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040C8

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

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