#B21BB4#B21BB4

#B21BB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.236 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B21BB4
RGB	rgb(178, 27, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 85%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 71.85, -45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 85.08, 327.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1997 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.236 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9899, 13.5462, 44.3643)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B21BB4 #1DB41B

analogous

#661BB4 #B21BB4 #B41B69

triadic

#B21BB4 #B4B21B #1BB4B2

tetradic

#B21BB4 #B4661B #1DB41B #1B69B4

square

#B21BB4 #B4661B #1DB41B #1B69B4

split-complementary

#B21BB4 #69B41B #1BB466

monochromatic

#490B4A #7D137F #B21BB4 #DD2DDF #E662E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B21BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B21BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B21BB4

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B21BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B21BB4	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b21bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 27, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.236 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6fcb',
    500: '#b21bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b21bb4;
$custom-light: #cd6fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b21bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.216,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54528,
    "c": 0.23647,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B21BB4

secondary

#60CC5F

accent

#F1373A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B21BB4

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

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