#B440ED#B440ED

#B440ED is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.250 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B440ED
RGB	rgb(180, 64, 237)
HSL	hsl(280, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 73%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 71.69, -65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 97.44, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.1669 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.25 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9390, 19.4855, 81.9722)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B440ED #79ED40

analogous

#5E40ED #B440ED #ED40D0

triadic

#B440ED #EDB440 #40EDB4

tetradic

#B440ED #ED5E40 #79ED40 #40D0ED

square

#B440ED #ED5E40 #79ED40 #40D0ED

split-complementary

#B440ED #D0ED40 #40ED5E

monochromatic

#730FA3 #9A15DB #B440ED #CA78F2 #E0B0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B440ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B440ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B440ED

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B440ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B440ED	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#257CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b440ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 64, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.250 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80f4',
    500: '#b440ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b440ed;
$custom-light: #cf80f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b440ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.231,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61172,
    "c": 0.25045,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B440ED

secondary

#B9E6A2

accent

#F92F71

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFE

border

#D3CAD6

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B440ED

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

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