#B240C5#B240C5

#B240C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.214 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240C5
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 63.58, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 79.47, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1681 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.214 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2704, 17.1646, 54.5312)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240C5 #53C540

analogous

#6F40C5 #B240C5 #C54095

triadic

#B240C5 #C5B240 #40C5B2

tetradic

#B240C5 #C56F40 #53C540 #4095C5

square

#B240C5 #C56F40 #53C540 #4095C5

split-complementary

#B240C5 #95C540 #40C56F

monochromatic

#60206A #8A2F99 #B240C5 #C56FD3 #D89EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B240C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B240C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240C5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240C5	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5077C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4577E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.214 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ed7',
    500: '#b240c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240c5;
$custom-light: #cd7ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58333,
    "c": 0.21439,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240C5

secondary

#9BCE93

accent

#DD4B60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240C5

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

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