#B740C8#B740C8

#B740C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.219 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B740C8
RGB	rgb(183, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 65.24, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 80.94, 323.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1738 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.219 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7861, 17.9060, 56.4143)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B740C8 #51C840

analogous

#7340C8 #B740C8 #C84095

triadic

#B740C8 #C8B740 #40C8B7

tetradic

#B740C8 #C87340 #51C840 #4095C8

square

#B740C8 #C87340 #51C840 #4095C8

split-complementary

#B740C8 #95C840 #40C873

monochromatic

#64206E #8F2D9D #B740C8 #C970D6 #DB9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B740C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B740C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B740C8

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B740C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B740C8	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b740c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.219 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07ed9',
    500: '#b740c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b740c8;
$custom-light: #d07ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b740c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59194,
    "c": 0.2192,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B740C8

secondary

#9CD094

accent

#DF495C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B740C8

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

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