#B240C8#B240C8

#B240C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.217 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240C8
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 64.13, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 80.79, 322.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.168 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.217 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6176, 17.3035, 56.3595)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240C8 #56C840

analogous

#6E40C8 #B240C8 #C8409A

triadic

#B240C8 #C8B240 #40C8B2

tetradic

#B240C8 #C86E40 #56C840 #409AC8

square

#B240C8 #C86E40 #56C840 #409AC8

split-complementary

#B240C8 #9AC840 #40C86E

monochromatic

#61206E #8B2D9D #B240C8 #C570D6 #D89FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B240C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B240C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240C8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240C8	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B6CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.217 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ed9',
    500: '#b240c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240c8;
$custom-light: #cd7ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58513,
    "c": 0.21699,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240C8

secondary

#9ED094

accent

#DF4961

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240C8

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

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