#B940CD#B940CD

#B940CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.224 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B940CD
RGB	rgb(185, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 66.58, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 83.17, 323.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1759 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.224 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8592, 18.3906, 59.5647)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B940CD #54CD40

analogous

#7240CD #B940CD #CD409B

triadic

#B940CD #CDB940 #40CDB9

tetradic

#B940CD #CD7240 #54CD40 #409BCD

square

#B940CD #CD7240 #54CD40 #409BCD

split-complementary

#B940CD #9BCD40 #40CD72

monochromatic

#681E74 #932BA5 #B940CD #CB71DA #DDA1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B940CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B940CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B940CD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B940CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B940CD	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#096ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b940cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.224 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fdd',
    500: '#b940cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b940cd;
$custom-light: #d27fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b940cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.489,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59766,
    "c": 0.22433,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B940CD

secondary

#9FD396

accent

#E2465C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B940CD

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

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