#B040E3#B040E3

#B040E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.240 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040E3
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 68.93, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 92.94, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1634 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.24 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6005, 18.4439, 74.4482)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040E3 #73E340

analogous

#5F40E3 #B040E3 #E340C5

triadic

#B040E3 #E3B040 #40E3B0

tetradic

#B040E3 #E35F40 #73E340 #40C5E3

square

#B040E3 #E35F40 #73E340 #40C5E3

split-complementary

#B040E3 #C5E340 #40E35F

monochromatic

#6C1693 #931DC8 #B040E3 #C675EB #DCABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B040E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B040E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B040E3

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B040E3	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F79DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.240 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fed',
    500: '#b040e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040e3;
$custom-light: #cc7fed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.227,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59982,
    "c": 0.24023,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040E3

secondary

#B3E19E

accent

#F13771

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040E3

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

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