#B140C9#B140C9

#B140C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.217 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140C9
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 64.10, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 81.21, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1668 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.217 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5062, 17.2324, 56.9663)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140C9 #58C940

analogous

#6D40C9 #B140C9 #C9409D

triadic

#B140C9 #C9B140 #40C9B1

tetradic

#B140C9 #C96D40 #58C940 #409DC9

square

#B140C9 #C96D40 #58C940 #409DC9

split-complementary

#B140C9 #9DC940 #40C96D

monochromatic

#611F6F #8B2D9F #B140C9 #C470D6 #D89FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B140C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B140C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140C9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140C9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#046CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.217 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7eda',
    500: '#b140c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140c9;
$custom-light: #cc7eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.489,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58439,
    "c": 0.21744,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140C9

secondary

#9FD094

accent

#DF4963

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140C9

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

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