#B140C5#B140C5

#B140C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.214 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140C5
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 63.35, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 79.44, 322.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.1669 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.214 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0418, 17.0467, 54.5204)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140C5 #54C540

analogous

#6E40C5 #B140C5 #C54097

triadic

#B140C5 #C5B140 #40C5B1

tetradic

#B140C5 #C56E40 #54C540 #4097C5

square

#B140C5 #C56E40 #54C540 #4097C5

split-complementary

#B140C5 #97C540 #40C56E

monochromatic

#5F206A #892F99 #B140C5 #C46FD3 #D79EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B140C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B140C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140C5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140C5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F77C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3577E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.214 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed7',
    500: '#b140c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140c5;
$custom-light: #cc7ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.977,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58197,
    "c": 0.21395,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140C5

secondary

#9CCE93

accent

#DD4B61

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140C5

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

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