#B240BC#B240BC

#B240BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.207 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240BC
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 61.95, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 75.56, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1681 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.207 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2698, 16.7644, 49.2613)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240BC #4ABC40

analogous

#7440BC #B240BC #BC4088

triadic

#B240BC #BCB240 #40BCB2

tetradic

#B240BC #BC7440 #4ABC40 #4088BC

square

#B240BC #BC7440 #4ABC40 #4088BC

split-complementary

#B240BC #88BC40 #40BC74

monochromatic

#5C2161 #87308E #B240BC #C56CCD #D79ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B240BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B240BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240BC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240BC	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2569C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5677B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.207 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed1',
    500: '#b240bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240bc;
$custom-light: #cc7ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.161,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57807,
    "c": 0.20666,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240BC

secondary

#94C98F

accent

#D94F5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240BC

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

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