#B140E6#B140E6

#B140E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.243 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B140E6
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 72.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 69.72, -63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 94.30, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1642 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.243 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2452, 18.7281, 76.6585)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B140E6 #75E640

analogous

#5E40E6 #B140E6 #E640C8

triadic

#B140E6 #E6B140 #40E6B1

tetradic

#B140E6 #E65E40 #75E640 #40C8E6

square

#B140E6 #E65E40 #75E640 #40C8E6

split-complementary

#B140E6 #C8E640 #40E65E

monochromatic

#6E1498 #951BCE #B140E6 #C776ED #DDACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B140E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B140E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B140E6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B140E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B140E6	1.00	4.43	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b140e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.243 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fef',
    500: '#b140e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b140e6;
$custom-light: #cd7fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b140e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.843,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60313,
    "c": 0.24326,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B140E6

secondary

#B5E29F

accent

#F33471

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B140E6

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

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