#B140B9#B140B9

#B140B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.204 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140B9
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(296, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 61.18, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 74.22, 325.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1669 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.204 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7211, 16.5184, 47.5651)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140B9 #48B940

analogous

#7540B9 #B140B9 #B94085

triadic

#B140B9 #B9B140 #40B9B1

tetradic

#B140B9 #B97540 #48B940 #4085B9

square

#B140B9 #B97540 #48B940 #4085B9

split-complementary

#B140B9 #85B940 #40B975

monochromatic

#5A215E #85308C #B140B9 #C56BCC #D798DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B140B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B140B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140B9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140B9	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2868BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5776B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.204 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7dce',
    500: '#b140b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140b9;
$custom-light: #cc7dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.033,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57497,
    "c": 0.20362,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140B9

secondary

#91C78E

accent

#D85059

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140B9

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

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