#B240BD#B240BD

#B240BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.208 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240BD
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 62.13, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 75.99, 324.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1681 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.208 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3780, 16.8076, 49.8310)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240BD #4BBD40

analogous

#7440BD #B240BD #BD408A

triadic

#B240BD #BDB240 #40BDB2

tetradic

#B240BD #BD7440 #4BBD40 #408ABD

square

#B240BD #BD7440 #4BBD40 #408ABD

split-complementary

#B240BD #8ABD40 #40BD74

monochromatic

#5C2162 #87318F #B240BD #C56DCD #D79ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B240BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B240BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240BD

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240BD	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2469C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5577BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.208 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed1',
    500: '#b240bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240bd;
$custom-light: #cc7ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.72,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57864,
    "c": 0.20752,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240BD

secondary

#95C990

accent

#D94F5B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240BD

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

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