#B240E6#B240E6

#B240E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.244 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B240E6
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 69.91, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 94.29, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1655 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.244 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4739, 18.8460, 76.6692)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B240E6 #74E640

analogous

#5F40E6 #B240E6 #E640C7

triadic

#B240E6 #E6B240 #40E6B2

tetradic

#B240E6 #E65F40 #74E640 #40C7E6

square

#B240E6 #E65F40 #74E640 #40C7E6

split-complementary

#B240E6 #C7E640 #40E65F

monochromatic

#6E1498 #961BCE #B240E6 #C876ED #DEACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B240E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B240E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B240E6

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B240E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B240E6	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b240e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.244 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7fef',
    500: '#b240e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b240e6;
$custom-light: #ce7fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b240e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.205,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6044,
    "c": 0.24357,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B240E6

secondary

#B4E29F

accent

#F33470

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B240E6

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

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