#B040D5#B040D5

#B040D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.228 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040D5
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 66.17, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 86.57, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1649 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.228 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7463, 17.7023, 64.6825)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040D5 #65D540

analogous

#6640D5 #B040D5 #D540AF

triadic

#B040D5 #D5B040 #40D5B0

tetradic

#B040D5 #D56640 #65D540 #40AFD5

square

#B040D5 #D56640 #65D540 #40AFD5

split-complementary

#B040D5 #AFD540 #40D566

monochromatic

#661C7F #8F27B1 #B040D5 #C572E0 #DAA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#B040D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B040D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040D5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040D5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4078D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.228 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ee3',
    500: '#b040d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040d5;
$custom-light: #cc7ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.101,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59058,
    "c": 0.22766,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040D5

secondary

#A8D899

accent

#E7416A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040D5

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

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