#B240C7#B240C7

#B240C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.216 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240C7
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 63.95, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 80.35, 322.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.168 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.216 321)
XYZ	xyz(30.5011, 17.2569, 55.7461)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240C7 #55C740

analogous

#6F40C7 #B240C7 #C74099

triadic

#B240C7 #C7B240 #40C7B2

tetradic

#B240C7 #C76F40 #55C740 #4099C7

square

#B240C7 #C76F40 #55C740 #4099C7

split-complementary

#B240C7 #99C740 #40C76F

monochromatic

#61206D #8B2E9C #B240C7 #C56FD5 #D89FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B240C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B240C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240C7

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240C7	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F6BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F78C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.216 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ed8',
    500: '#b240c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240c7;
$custom-light: #cd7ed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58453,
    "c": 0.21612,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.17255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240C7

secondary

#9DCF94

accent

#DE4A61

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240C7

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

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