#B240C2#B240C2

#B240C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.212 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240C2
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 63.03, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 78.16, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1681 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.212 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9301, 17.0285, 52.7388)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240C2 #50C240

analogous

#7140C2 #B240C2 #C24091

triadic

#B240C2 #C2B240 #40C2B2

tetradic

#B240C2 #C27140 #50C240 #4091C2

square

#B240C2 #C27140 #50C240 #4091C2

split-complementary

#B240C2 #91C240 #40C271

monochromatic

#5E2167 #893095 #B240C2 #C56ED1 #D79DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B240C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B240C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240C2

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240C2	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B6AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5277BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4567C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.212 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed5',
    500: '#b240c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240c2;
$custom-light: #cc7ed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.615,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58155,
    "c": 0.21179,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240C2

secondary

#99CC92

accent

#DB4D5E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240C2

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

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