#B040DE#B040DE

#B040DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.236 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040DE
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 67.93, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 90.66, 318.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.164 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.236 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9205, 18.1719, 70.8665)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040DE #6EDE40

analogous

#6140DE #B040DE #DE40BD

triadic

#B040DE #DEB040 #40DEB0

tetradic

#B040DE #DE6140 #6EDE40 #40BDDE

square

#B040DE #DE6140 #6EDE40 #40BDDE

split-complementary

#B040DE #BDDE40 #40DE61

monochromatic

#6A188B #9221C0 #B040DE #C674E7 #DBA8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#B040DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#B040DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B040DE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B040DE	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3679DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.236 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fe9',
    500: '#b040de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040de;
$custom-light: #cc7fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.532,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.23573,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040DE

secondary

#AFDE9C

accent

#ED3A6F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040DE

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

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