#B142C4#B142C4

#B142C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.211 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B142C4
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(291, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 62.36, -46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 78.08, 323.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1648 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.211 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0424, 17.2306, 53.9573)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B142C4 #55C442

analogous

#7042C4 #B142C4 #C44296

triadic

#B142C4 #C4B142 #42C4B1

tetradic

#B142C4 #C47042 #55C442 #4296C4

square

#B142C4 #C47042 #55C442 #4296C4

split-complementary

#B142C4 #96C442 #42C470

monochromatic

#60216A #8A3099 #B142C4 #C471D3 #D79FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B142C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B142C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B142C4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B142C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B142C4	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)

#1B6BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5177C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b142c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.211 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd6',
    500: '#b142c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b142c4;
$custom-light: #cc7fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b142c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58344,
    "c": 0.21054,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B142C4

secondary

#9DCE94

accent

#DC4C61

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B142C4

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

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