#B040CD#B040CD

#B040CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.221 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040CD
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 64.63, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 82.97, 321.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1654 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.221 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7558, 17.3061, 59.4661)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040CD #5DCD40

analogous

#6A40CD #B040CD #CD40A3

triadic

#B040CD #CDB040 #40CDB0

tetradic

#B040CD #CD6A40 #5DCD40 #40A3CD

square

#B040CD #CD6A40 #5DCD40 #40A3CD

split-complementary

#B040CD #A3CD40 #40CD6A

monochromatic

#631E74 #8C2BA5 #B040CD #C471DA #D8A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B040CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B040CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040CD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040CD	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.221 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7edd',
    500: '#b040cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040cd;
$custom-light: #cb7edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.66,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58551,
    "c": 0.22054,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040CD

secondary

#A2D396

accent

#E24666

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040CD

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

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