#B142C5#B142C5

#B142C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.211 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B142C5
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 62.55, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 78.52, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.1648 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.211 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1566, 17.2763, 54.5587)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B142C5 #56C542

analogous

#7042C5 #B142C5 #C54297

triadic

#B142C5 #C5B142 #42C5B1

tetradic

#B142C5 #C57042 #56C542 #4297C5

square

#B142C5 #C57042 #56C542 #4297C5

split-complementary

#B142C5 #97C542 #42C570

monochromatic

#60216C #8A2F9A #B142C5 #C471D3 #D8A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B142C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B142C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B142C5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B142C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B142C5	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#196CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5078C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b142c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.211 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd7',
    500: '#b142c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b142c5;
$custom-light: #cc7fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b142c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.84,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58404,
    "c": 0.21142,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B142C5

secondary

#9DCE95

accent

#DC4B62

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B142C5

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

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