#B040CC#B040CC

#B040CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.220 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040CC
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 64.44, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 82.52, 321.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1655 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.22 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6355, 17.2579, 58.8324)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040CC #5CCC40

analogous

#6A40CC #B040CC #CC40A2

triadic

#B040CC #CCB040 #40CCB0

tetradic

#B040CC #CC6A40 #5CCC40 #40A2CC

square

#B040CC #CC6A40 #5CCC40 #40A2CC

split-complementary

#B040CC #A2CC40 #40CC6A

monochromatic

#621F73 #8B2CA3 #B040CC #C470D9 #D8A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B040CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B040CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040CC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040CC	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.220 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7edc',
    500: '#b040cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040cc;
$custom-light: #cb7edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58489,
    "c": 0.21967,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040CC

secondary

#A2D295

accent

#E14766

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040CC

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

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