#C040B5#C040B5

#C040B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.208 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C040B5
RGB	rgb(192, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 5.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 64.10, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 73.62, 330.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1831 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.208 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9121, 18.2119, 45.5416)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C040B5 #40C04B

analogous

#8B40C0 #C040B5 #C04075

triadic

#C040B5 #B5C040 #40B5C0

tetradic

#C040B5 #C08B40 #40C04B #4075C0

square

#C040B5 #C08B40 #40C04B #4075C0

split-complementary

#C040B5 #75C040 #40C08B

monochromatic

#64215F #92308A #C040B5 #CF6EC7 #DE9CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#C040B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C040B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C040B5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C040B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C040B5	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#386BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c040b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.208 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fcb',
    500: '#c040b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c040b5;
$custom-light: #d67fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c040b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.156,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59407,
    "c": 0.20836,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C040B5

secondary

#91CB96

accent

#DA5A4E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C040B5

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

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