#B040E8#B040E8

#B040E8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.245 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040E8
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 69.93, -64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 95.23, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.1627 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.245 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3007, 18.7240, 78.1355)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040E8 #78E840

analogous

#5C40E8 #B040E8 #E840CC

triadic

#B040E8 #E8B040 #40E8B0

tetradic

#B040E8 #E85C40 #78E840 #40CCE8

square

#B040E8 #E85C40 #78E840 #40CCE8

split-complementary

#B040E8 #CCE840 #40E85C

monochromatic

#6E139B #9419D2 #B040E8 #C777EF #DDADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B040E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B040E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B040E8

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B040E8	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.245 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ff0',
    500: '#b040e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040e8;
$custom-light: #cc7ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60323,
    "c": 0.24476,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040E8

secondary

#B7E3A0

accent

#F53374

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040E8

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

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