#B140CB#B140CB

#B140CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.219 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140CB
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 64.47, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 82.10, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1667 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.219 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7430, 17.3272, 58.2135)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140CB #5ACB40

analogous

#6C40CB #B140CB #CB40A0

triadic

#B140CB #CBB140 #40CBB1

tetradic

#B140CB #CB6C40 #5ACB40 #40A0CB

square

#B140CB #CB6C40 #5ACB40 #40A0CB

split-complementary

#B140CB #A0CB40 #40CB6C

monochromatic

#621F72 #8C2CA2 #B140CB #C570D8 #D8A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B140CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B140CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B140CB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B140CB	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B77C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.219 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7edb',
    500: '#b140cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140cb;
$custom-light: #cc7edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.777,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58561,
    "c": 0.21919,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140CB

secondary

#A0D295

accent

#E04764

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140CB

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

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