#B12CA8#B12CA8

#B12CA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.213 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12CA8
RGB	rgb(177, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 5.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 65.50, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 75.46, 330.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1868 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.213 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1000, 13.9777, 38.3615)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12CA8 #2CB135

analogous

#772CB1 #B12CA8 #B12C65

triadic

#B12CA8 #A8B12C #2CA8B1

tetradic

#B12CA8 #B1772C #2CB135 #2C65B1

square

#B12CA8 #B1772C #2CB135 #2C65B1

split-complementary

#B12CA8 #65B12C #2CB177

monochromatic

#4F144B #802079 #B12CA8 #D249C8 #DE7AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B12CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B12CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12CA8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12CA8	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.213 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc74c2',
    500: '#b12ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12ca8;
$custom-light: #cc74c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.06,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54723,
    "c": 0.21343,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12CA8

secondary

#73C678

accent

#E34F44

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12CA8

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

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