#B440B4#B440B4

#B440B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.201 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B440B4
RGB	rgb(180, 64, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 61.03, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 72.30, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1701 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.201 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8936, 16.6673, 44.8664)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B440B4 #40B440

analogous

#7A40B4 #B440B4 #B4407A

triadic

#B440B4 #B4B440 #40B4B4

tetradic

#B440B4 #B47A40 #40B440 #407AB4

square

#B440B4 #B47A40 #40B440 #407AB4

split-complementary

#B440B4 #7AB440 #40B47A

monochromatic

#5A205A #873087 #B440B4 #C968C9 #D995D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B440B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B440B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B440B4

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B440B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B440B4	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3068B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C77B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b440b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 64, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.201 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ecb',
    500: '#b440b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b440b4;
$custom-light: #ce7ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b440b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57639,
    "c": 0.20099,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B440B4

secondary

#8BC58B

accent

#D75151

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B440B4

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

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