#C040BE#C040BE

#C040BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.215 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C040BE
RGB	rgb(192, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 65.56, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 77.18, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1836 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.215 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8655, 18.5933, 50.5630)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C040BE #40C042

analogous

#8240C0 #C040BE #C0407E

triadic

#C040BE #BEC040 #40BEC0

tetradic

#C040BE #C08240 #40C042 #407EC0

square

#C040BE #C08240 #40C042 #407EC0

split-complementary

#C040BE #7EC040 #40C082

monochromatic

#642163 #923091 #C040BE #CF6ECE #DE9CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C040BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C040BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C040BE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C040BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C040BE	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c040be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.215 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67fd2',
    500: '#c040be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c040be;
$custom-light: #d67fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c040be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.938,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59885,
    "c": 0.21536,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C040BE

secondary

#91CB92

accent

#DA504E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C040BE

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

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