#B040FF#B040FF

#B040FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.266 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B040FF
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(275, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 74.67, -74.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 105.77, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1587 -0.213)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.266 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7840, 20.1173, 96.4809)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B040FF #8FFF40

analogous

#5040FF #B040FF #FF40EF

triadic

#B040FF #FFB040 #40FFB0

tetradic

#B040FF #FF5040 #8FFF40 #40EFFF

square

#B040FF #FF5040 #8FFF40 #40EFFF

split-complementary

#B040FF #EFFF40 #40FF50

monochromatic

#7300C5 #9703FF #B040FF #C97DFF #E3BAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B040FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B040FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B040FF

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B040FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B040FF	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007DFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2709E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b040ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.266 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce80ff',
    500: '#b040ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b040ff;
$custom-light: #ce80ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b040ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.183,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61963,
    "c": 0.26562,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B040FF

secondary

#C7F0AB

accent

#E6005F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFF

border

#D3CAD7

text

#140B18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B040FF

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

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