#B240C4#B240C4

#B240C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.214 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240C4
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 63.40, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 79.03, 323.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1681 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.214 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1562, 17.1189, 53.9297)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240C4 #52C440

analogous

#7040C4 #B240C4 #C44094

triadic

#B240C4 #C4B240 #40C4B2

tetradic

#B240C4 #C47040 #52C440 #4094C4

square

#B240C4 #C47040 #52C440 #4094C4

split-complementary

#B240C4 #94C440 #40C470

monochromatic

#5F2069 #8A2F98 #B240C4 #C56FD2 #D89EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B240C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B240C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240C4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240C4	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#176BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5177C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.214 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ed6',
    500: '#b240c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240c4;
$custom-light: #cd7ed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58273,
    "c": 0.21352,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240C4

secondary

#9BCD93

accent

#DC4C5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240C4

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

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