#B137CC#B137CC

#B137CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.230 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B137CC
RGB	rgb(177, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 68.01, -53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 86.35, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1755 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.23 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3953, 16.4406, 58.6874)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B137CC #52CC37

analogous

#6737CC #B137CC #CC379C

triadic

#B137CC #CCB137 #37CCB1

tetradic

#B137CC #CC6737 #52CC37 #379CCC

square

#B137CC #CC6737 #52CC37 #379CCC

split-complementary

#B137CC #9CCC37 #37CC67

monochromatic

#5E1C6D #88289E #B137CC #C468D8 #D799E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B137CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B137CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B137CC

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B137CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B137CC	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4375C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b137cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.230 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7adc',
    500: '#b137cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b137cc;
$custom-light: #cc7adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b137cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.128,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57779,
    "c": 0.23036,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B137CC

secondary

#9AD08E

accent

#E34562

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B137CC

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

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