#B14BE5#B14BE5

#B14BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.230 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14BE5
RGB	rgb(177, 75, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 67.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 65.07, -60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 88.85, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1534 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.23 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7878, 20.0373, 76.1486)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14BE5 #7FE54B

analogous

#644BE5 #B14BE5 #E54BCC

triadic

#B14BE5 #E5B14B #4BE5B1

tetradic

#B14BE5 #E5644B #7FE54B #4BCCE5

square

#B14BE5 #E5644B #7FE54B #4BCCE5

split-complementary

#B14BE5 #CCE54B #4BE564

monochromatic

#71179F #971FD4 #B14BE5 #C880ED #DFB6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B14BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B14BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B14BE5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B14BE5	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 75, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.230 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd85ee',
    500: '#b14be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14be5;
$custom-light: #cd85ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.74,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6137,
    "c": 0.22951,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14BE5

secondary

#BCE4A8

accent

#F13676

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14BE5

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

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