#B040E1#B040E1

#B040E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.238 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040E1
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 68.53, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 92.03, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1636 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.238 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3261, 18.3342, 73.0029)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040E1 #71E140

analogous

#6040E1 #B040E1 #E140C2

triadic

#B040E1 #E1B040 #40E1B0

tetradic

#B040E1 #E16040 #71E140 #40C2E1

square

#B040E1 #E16040 #71E140 #40C2E1

split-complementary

#B040E1 #C2E140 #40E160

monochromatic

#6B1790 #921FC5 #B040E1 #C675E9 #DCAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B040E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B040E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B040E1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B040E1	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3279DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB638D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.238 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7feb',
    500: '#b040e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040e1;
$custom-light: #cc7feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59847,
    "c": 0.23844,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040E1

secondary

#B2DF9D

accent

#F03870

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040E1

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

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