#B4169D#B4169D

#B4169D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.225 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4169D
RGB	rgb(180, 22, 157)
HSL	hsl(309, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(309, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 69.77, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 77.53, 334.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.2049 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.225 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1956, 12.7139, 33.0188)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4169D #16B42D

analogous

#7C16B4 #B4169D #B4164E

triadic

#B4169D #9DB416 #169DB4

tetradic

#B4169D #B47C16 #16B42D #164EB4

square

#B4169D #B47C16 #16B42D #164EB4

split-complementary

#B4169D #4EB416 #16B47C

monochromatic

#47093E #7D0F6D #B4169D #E423C8 #EB5AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B4169D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B4169D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4169D

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4169D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4169D	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1856A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE285D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4169d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 22, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.225 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6dba',
    500: '#b4169d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4169d;
$custom-light: #cf6dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4169d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.734,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53297,
    "c": 0.22478,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4169D

secondary

#58CE69

accent

#F54F33

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140811

muted

#837B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4169D

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

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