#B140C3#B140C3

#B140C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.212 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140C3
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 62.99, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 78.56, 323.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.167 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.212 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8141, 16.9556, 53.3215)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140C3 #52C340

analogous

#6F40C3 #B140C3 #C34093

triadic

#B140C3 #C3B140 #40C3B1

tetradic

#B140C3 #C36F40 #52C340 #4093C3

square

#B140C3 #C36F40 #52C340 #4093C3

split-complementary

#B140C3 #93C340 #40C36F

monochromatic

#5E2168 #882F97 #B140C3 #C46FD2 #D79DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B140C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B140C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140C3

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140C3	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#186AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5077C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.212 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed6',
    500: '#b140c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140c3;
$custom-light: #cc7ed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.756,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58077,
    "c": 0.21221,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140C3

secondary

#9ACC92

accent

#DC4C60

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140C3

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

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