#B21CB3#B21CB3

#B21CB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.235 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B21CB3
RGB	rgb(178, 28, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 84.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 71.50, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 84.45, 327.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.1992 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.235 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9117, 13.5522, 43.8375)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B21CB3 #1DB31C

analogous

#671CB3 #B21CB3 #B31C68

triadic

#B21CB3 #B3B21C #1CB3B2

tetradic

#B21CB3 #B3671C #1DB31C #1C68B3

square

#B21CB3 #B3671C #1DB31C #1C68B3

split-complementary

#B21CB3 #68B31C #1CB367

monochromatic

#490B49 #7D147E #B21CB3 #DD2EDE #E663E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B21CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B21CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B21CB3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B21CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B21CB3	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)

#005BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b21cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 28, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.235 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6fca',
    500: '#b21cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b21cb3;
$custom-light: #cd6fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b21cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.603,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54516,
    "c": 0.23512,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B21CB3

secondary

#60CB5F

accent

#F03839

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B21CB3

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

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