#B940C9#B940C9

#B940C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.221 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B940C9
RGB	rgb(185, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 65.86, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 81.44, 323.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.176 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.221 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3826, 18.2000, 57.0543)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B940C9 #50C940

analogous

#7540C9 #B940C9 #C94094

triadic

#B940C9 #C9B940 #40C9B9

tetradic

#B940C9 #C97540 #50C940 #4094C9

square

#B940C9 #C97540 #50C940 #4094C9

split-complementary

#B940C9 #94C940 #40C975

monochromatic

#661F6F #922D9F #B940C9 #CA70D6 #DC9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#B940C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B940C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B940C9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B940C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B940C9	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b940c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.221 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fda',
    500: '#b940c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b940c9;
$custom-light: #d27fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b940c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.993,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59528,
    "c": 0.22095,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B940C9

secondary

#9BD094

accent

#DF495A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B940C9

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

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