#B14BE3#B14BE3

#B14BE3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.228 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14BE3
RGB	rgb(177, 75, 227)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 67%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 64.66, -59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 87.92, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1536 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.228 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5102, 19.9263, 74.6864)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14BE3 #7DE34B

analogous

#654BE3 #B14BE3 #E34BC9

triadic

#B14BE3 #E3B14B #4BE3B1

tetradic

#B14BE3 #E3654B #7DE34B #4BC9E3

square

#B14BE3 #E3654B #7DE34B #4BC9E3

split-complementary

#B14BE3 #C9E34B #4BE365

monochromatic

#70189B #9720D0 #B14BE3 #C880EB #DFB5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B14BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B14BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B14BE3

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B14BE3	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 75, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.228 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc84ed',
    500: '#b14be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14be3;
$custom-light: #cc84ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.263,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6124,
    "c": 0.22761,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14BE3

secondary

#BBE3A7

accent

#F03874

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14BE3

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

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