#B149E1#B149E1

#B149E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.228 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B149E1
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 65.10, -59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 87.94, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1558 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.228 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1022, 19.5494, 73.1966)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B149E1 #79E149

analogous

#6549E1 #B149E1 #E149C5

triadic

#B149E1 #E1B149 #49E1B1

tetradic

#B149E1 #E16549 #79E149 #49C5E1

square

#B149E1 #E16549 #79E149 #49C5E1

split-complementary

#B149E1 #C5E149 #49E165

monochromatic

#6F1997 #9622CB #B149E1 #C87EEA #DEB2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B149E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B149E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B149E1

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B149E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B149E1	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b149e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.228 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc83eb',
    500: '#b149e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b149e1;
$custom-light: #cc83eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b149e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60892,
    "c": 0.22819,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B149E1

secondary

#B8E1A5

accent

#EE3973

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B149E1

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

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