#B040D4#B040D4

#B040D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.227 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040D4
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 65.97, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 86.12, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.165 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.227 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6198, 17.6516, 64.0161)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040D4 #64D440

analogous

#6640D4 #B040D4 #D440AE

triadic

#B040D4 #D4B040 #40D4B0

tetradic

#B040D4 #D46640 #64D440 #40AED4

square

#B040D4 #D46640 #64D440 #40AED4

split-complementary

#B040D4 #AED440 #40D466

monochromatic

#661C7D #8E27AF #B040D4 #C572DF #D9A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B040D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B040D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040D4

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040D4	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4178D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.227 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ee2',
    500: '#b040d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040d4;
$custom-light: #cc7ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58994,
    "c": 0.22677,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040D4

secondary

#A8D798

accent

#E6426A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040D4

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

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