#B240E2#B240E2

#B240E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.240 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240E2
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 69.12, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 92.47, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.166 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.24 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9186, 18.6239, 73.7448)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240E2 #70E240

analogous

#6140E2 #B240E2 #E240C1

triadic

#B240E2 #E2B240 #40E2B2

tetradic

#B240E2 #E26140 #70E240 #40C1E2

square

#B240E2 #E26140 #70E240 #40C1E2

split-complementary

#B240E2 #C1E240 #40E261

monochromatic

#6D1692 #951EC7 #B240E2 #C775EA #DDAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#B240E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B240E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B240E2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B240E2	1.00	4.44	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.240 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7fec',
    500: '#b240e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240e2;
$custom-light: #ce7fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60171,
    "c": 0.23999,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240E2

secondary

#B1E09E

accent

#F0386E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240E2

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

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