#B240CB#B240CB

#B240CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.220 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240CB
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 64.69, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 82.12, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1679 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.22 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9716, 17.4451, 58.2242)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240CB #59CB40

analogous

#6D40CB #B240CB #CB409E

triadic

#B240CB #CBB240 #40CBB2

tetradic

#B240CB #CB6D40 #59CB40 #409ECB

square

#B240CB #CB6D40 #59CB40 #409ECB

split-complementary

#B240CB #9ECB40 #40CB6D

monochromatic

#631F72 #8D2CA2 #B240CB #C570D8 #D9A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B240CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B240CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240CB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240CB	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C78C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.220 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7edb',
    500: '#b240cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240cb;
$custom-light: #cd7edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.209,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58696,
    "c": 0.21961,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240CB

secondary

#A0D295

accent

#E04763

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240CB

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

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