#B040C9#B040C9

#B040C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.217 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040C9
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 63.88, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 81.18, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1656 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.217 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2792, 17.1154, 56.9557)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040C9 #59C940

analogous

#6C40C9 #B040C9 #C9409E

triadic

#B040C9 #C9B040 #40C9B0

tetradic

#B040C9 #C96C40 #59C940 #409EC9

square

#B040C9 #C96C40 #59C940 #409EC9

split-complementary

#B040C9 #9EC940 #40C96C

monochromatic

#611F6F #8A2D9F #B040C9 #C470D6 #D79FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B040C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B040C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040C9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040C9	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#016BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.217 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7eda',
    500: '#b040c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040c9;
$custom-light: #cb7eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.051,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58304,
    "c": 0.21701,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040C9

secondary

#9FD094

accent

#DF4964

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040C9

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

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