#B240CD#B240CD

#B240CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.221 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240CD
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 65.06, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 83.01, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1678 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.221 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2115, 17.5410, 59.4875)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240CD #5BCD40

analogous

#6C40CD #B240CD #CD40A1

triadic

#B240CD #CDB240 #40CDB2

tetradic

#B240CD #CD6C40 #5BCD40 #40A1CD

square

#B240CD #CD6C40 #5BCD40 #40A1CD

split-complementary

#B240CD #A1CD40 #40CD6C

monochromatic

#641E74 #8D2BA5 #B240CD #C671DA #D9A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B240CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B240CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B240CD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B240CD	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.221 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7edd',
    500: '#b240cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240cd;
$custom-light: #cd7edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58819,
    "c": 0.22136,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240CD

secondary

#A2D396

accent

#E24664

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240CD

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

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