#B840C8#B840C8

#B840C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.220 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B840C8
RGB	rgb(184, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 65.46, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 80.97, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1749 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.22 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0249, 18.0291, 56.4255)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B840C8 #50C840

analogous

#7440C8 #B840C8 #C84094

triadic

#B840C8 #C8B840 #40C8B8

tetradic

#B840C8 #C87440 #50C840 #4094C8

square

#B840C8 #C87440 #50C840 #4094C8

split-complementary

#B840C8 #94C840 #40C874

monochromatic

#65206E #902D9D #B840C8 #CA70D6 #DB9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#B840C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#B840C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B840C8

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B840C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B840C8	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#176DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b840c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.220 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17fd9',
    500: '#b840c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b840c8;
$custom-light: #d17fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b840c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.21965,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B840C8

secondary

#9BD094

accent

#DF495B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B840C8

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

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