#B240E1#B240E1

#B240E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.239 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240E1
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 68.92, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 92.01, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1661 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.239 314)
XYZ	xyz(33.7818, 18.5691, 73.0242)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240E1 #6FE140

analogous

#6140E1 #B240E1 #E140C0

triadic

#B240E1 #E1B240 #40E1B2

tetradic

#B240E1 #E16140 #6FE140 #40C0E1

square

#B240E1 #E16140 #6FE140 #40C0E1

split-complementary

#B240E1 #C0E140 #40E161

monochromatic

#6D1790 #941FC5 #B240E1 #C775E9 #DDAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B240E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B240E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B240E1

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B240E1	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD638D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.239 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7feb',
    500: '#b240e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240e1;
$custom-light: #ce7feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.484,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60104,
    "c": 0.2391,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.18568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240E1

secondary

#B1DF9D

accent

#F0386E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240E1

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

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