#B240C9#B240C9

#B240C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.218 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240C9
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 64.32, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 81.23, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.168 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.218 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7348, 17.3504, 56.9770)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240C9 #57C940

analogous

#6E40C9 #B240C9 #C9409C

triadic

#B240C9 #C9B240 #40C9B2

tetradic

#B240C9 #C96E40 #57C940 #409CC9

square

#B240C9 #C96E40 #57C940 #409CC9

split-complementary

#B240C9 #9CC940 #40C96E

monochromatic

#621F6F #8C2D9F #B240C9 #C570D6 #D89FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B240C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B240C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240C9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240C9	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#076CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.218 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7eda',
    500: '#b240c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240c9;
$custom-light: #cd7eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.927,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58574,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240C9

secondary

#9ED094

accent

#DF4962

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240C9

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

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