#B040D8#B040D8

#B040D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.230 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040D8
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 66.75, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 87.93, 319.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1646 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.23 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1306, 17.8560, 66.7065)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040D8 #68D840

analogous

#6440D8 #B040D8 #D840B4

triadic

#B040D8 #D8B040 #40D8B0

tetradic

#B040D8 #D86440 #68D840 #40B4D8

square

#B040D8 #D86440 #68D840 #40B4D8

split-complementary

#B040D8 #B4D840 #40D864

monochromatic

#671B83 #9025B6 #B040D8 #C573E2 #DAA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B040D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B040D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B040D8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B040D8	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.230 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ee5',
    500: '#b040d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040d8;
$custom-light: #cc7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.23035,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040D8

secondary

#ABDA9A

accent

#E93F6C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040D8

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

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