#B940E2#B940E2

#B940E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.242 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B940E2
RGB	rgb(185, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 70.49, -59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 92.42, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1745 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.242 316)
XYZ	xyz(35.5663, 19.4735, 73.8220)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B940E2 #69E240

analogous

#6840E2 #B940E2 #E240BA

triadic

#B940E2 #E2B940 #40E2B9

tetradic

#B940E2 #E26840 #69E240 #40BAE2

square

#B940E2 #E26840 #69E240 #40BAE2

split-complementary

#B940E2 #BAE240 #40E268

monochromatic

#721692 #9C1EC7 #B940E2 #CC75EA #E0AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B940E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#B940E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B940E2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B940E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B940E2	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b940e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.242 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280ec',
    500: '#b940e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b940e2;
$custom-light: #d280ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b940e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.815,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61079,
    "c": 0.24239,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.19472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B940E2

secondary

#AFE09E

accent

#F03866

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B940E2

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

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