#B140C4#B140C4

#B140C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.213 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140C4
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 63.17, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 79.00, 323.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1669 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.213 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9276, 17.0010, 53.9190)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140C4 #53C440

analogous

#6F40C4 #B140C4 #C44095

triadic

#B140C4 #C4B140 #40C4B1

tetradic

#B140C4 #C46F40 #53C440 #4095C4

square

#B140C4 #C46F40 #53C440 #4095C4

split-complementary

#B140C4 #95C440 #40C46F

monochromatic

#5F2069 #892F98 #B140C4 #C46FD2 #D79EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B140C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B140C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140C4

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140C4	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5077C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.213 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed6',
    500: '#b140c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140c4;
$custom-light: #cc7ed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58137,
    "c": 0.21308,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140C4

secondary

#9BCD93

accent

#DC4C60

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140C4

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

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