#B040CB#B040CB

#B040CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.219 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040CB
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 64.25, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 82.08, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1655 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.219 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5160, 17.2101, 58.2028)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040CB #5BCB40

analogous

#6A40CB #B040CB #CB40A1

triadic

#B040CB #CBB040 #40CBB0

tetradic

#B040CB #CB6A40 #5BCB40 #40A1CB

square

#B040CB #CB6A40 #5BCB40 #40A1CB

split-complementary

#B040CB #A1CB40 #40CB6A

monochromatic

#621F72 #8B2CA2 #B040CB #C470D8 #D8A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B040CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B040CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040CB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040CB	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.219 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7edb',
    500: '#b040cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040cb;
$custom-light: #cb7edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.345,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58427,
    "c": 0.21878,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040CB

secondary

#A1D295

accent

#E04765

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040CB

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

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