#B140C8#B140C8

#B140C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.217 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140C8
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 63.91, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 80.76, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.1668 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.217 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3889, 17.1856, 56.3488)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140C8 #57C840

analogous

#6D40C8 #B140C8 #C8409B

triadic

#B140C8 #C8B140 #40C8B1

tetradic

#B140C8 #C86D40 #57C840 #409BC8

square

#B140C8 #C86D40 #57C840 #409BC8

split-complementary

#B140C8 #9BC840 #40C86D

monochromatic

#61206E #8A2D9D #B140C8 #C470D6 #D89FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B140C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B140C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140C8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140C8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#096BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.217 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ed9',
    500: '#b140c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140c8;
$custom-light: #cc7ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.853,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58378,
    "c": 0.21656,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140C8

secondary

#9ED094

accent

#DF4962

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140C8

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

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