#B840C4#B840C4

#B840C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.216 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B840C4
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 64.75, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 79.26, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1749 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.216 324)
XYZ	xyz(31.5635, 17.8445, 53.9957)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B840C4 #4CC440

analogous

#7640C4 #B840C4 #C4408E

triadic

#B840C4 #C4B840 #40C4B8

tetradic

#B840C4 #C47640 #4CC440 #408EC4

square

#B840C4 #C47640 #4CC440 #408EC4

split-complementary

#B840C4 #8EC440 #40C476

monochromatic

#632069 #8E2F98 #B840C4 #C96FD2 #DB9EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B840C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B840C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B840C4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B840C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B840C4	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b840c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.216 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ed6',
    500: '#b840c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b840c4;
$custom-light: #d17ed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b840c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59098,
    "c": 0.21628,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.17843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B840C4

secondary

#98CD93

accent

#DC4C59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B840C4

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

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