#B149E2#B149E2

#B149E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.229 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B149E2
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 65.31, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 88.41, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1558 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.229 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2390, 19.6042, 73.9171)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B149E2 #7AE249

analogous

#6449E2 #B149E2 #E249C7

triadic

#B149E2 #E2B149 #49E2B1

tetradic

#B149E2 #E26449 #7AE249 #49C7E2

square

#B149E2 #E26449 #7AE249 #49C7E2

split-complementary

#B149E2 #C7E249 #49E264

monochromatic

#6F1898 #9621CD #B149E2 #C87EEA #DEB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B149E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B149E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B149E2

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B149E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B149E2	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b149e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.229 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc83ec',
    500: '#b149e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b149e2;
$custom-light: #cc83ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b149e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.784,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.22913,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B149E2

secondary

#B9E2A5

accent

#EF3973

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B149E2

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

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