#B31C9F#B31C9F

#B31C9F is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.222 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B31C9F
RGB	rgb(179, 28, 159)
HSL	hsl(308, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(308, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.4%, 11.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 68.72, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 76.90, 333.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.2006 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.222 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2640, 12.9198, 33.9574)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B31C9F #1CB330

analogous

#7B1CB3 #B31C9F #B31C53

triadic

#B31C9F #9FB31C #1C9FB3

tetradic

#B31C9F #B37B1C #1CB330 #1C53B3

square

#B31C9F #B37B1C #1CB330 #1C53B3

split-complementary

#B31C9F #53B31C #1CB37B

monochromatic

#490B41 #7E1470 #B31C9F #DE2EC7 #E763D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B31C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B31C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B31C9F

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B31C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B31C9F	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1957A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC2D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b31c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 28, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.222 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6ebc',
    500: '#b31c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b31c9f;
$custom-light: #ce6ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b31c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.947,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5352,
    "c": 0.22181,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B31C9F

secondary

#5FCB6E

accent

#F05038

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140812

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B31C9F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →