#B040DD#B040DD

#B040DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.235 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040DD
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 67.73, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 90.21, 318.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1641 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.235 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7868, 18.1185, 70.1627)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040DD #6DDD40

analogous

#6140DD #B040DD #DD40BB

triadic

#B040DD #DDB040 #40DDB0

tetradic

#B040DD #DD6140 #6DDD40 #40BBDD

square

#B040DD #DD6140 #6DDD40 #40BBDD

split-complementary

#B040DD #BBDD40 #40DD61

monochromatic

#6A198A #9122BE #B040DD #C574E6 #DBA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#B040DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B040DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B040DD

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B040DD	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3779DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC618B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.235 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fe8',
    500: '#b040dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040dd;
$custom-light: #cc7fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.803,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5958,
    "c": 0.23483,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040DD

secondary

#AFDD9C

accent

#ED3B6E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040DD

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

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