#B140C1#B140C1

#B140C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.210 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140C1
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 193)
HSL	hsl(293, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 66.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 62.62, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 77.68, 323.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.167 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.21 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5895, 16.8658, 52.1386)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140C1 #50C140

analogous

#7040C1 #B140C1 #C14090

triadic

#B140C1 #C1B140 #40C1B1

tetradic

#B140C1 #C17040 #50C140 #4090C1

square

#B140C1 #C17040 #50C140 #4090C1

split-complementary

#B140C1 #90C140 #40C170

monochromatic

#5D2166 #873094 #B140C1 #C46ED0 #D79CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B140C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B140C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140C1

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140C1	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C6AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5277BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.210 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed4',
    500: '#b140c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140c1;
$custom-light: #cc7ed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.558,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57959,
    "c": 0.21047,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140C1

secondary

#99CB92

accent

#DA4D5F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140C1

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

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