#B140C6#B140C6

#B140C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.215 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140C6
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 63.54, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 79.88, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1669 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.215 321)
XYZ	xyz(30.1567, 17.0927, 55.1259)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140C6 #55C640

analogous

#6E40C6 #B140C6 #C64098

triadic

#B140C6 #C6B140 #40C6B1

tetradic

#B140C6 #C66E40 #55C640 #4098C6

square

#B140C6 #C66E40 #55C640 #4098C6

split-complementary

#B140C6 #98C640 #40C66E

monochromatic

#60206C #8A2E9B #B140C6 #C46FD4 #D79EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B140C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B140C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140C6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140C6	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#106BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E77C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.215 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed8',
    500: '#b140c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140c6;
$custom-light: #cc7ed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.597,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58257,
    "c": 0.21481,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.17091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140C6

secondary

#9DCE93

accent

#DD4A61

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140C6

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

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