#B4169E#B4169E

#B4169E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.225 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4169E
RGB	rgb(180, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(308, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(308, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 69.91, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 77.88, 333.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.2049 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.225 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2813, 12.7482, 33.4703)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4169E #16B42C

analogous

#7B16B4 #B4169E #B4164F

triadic

#B4169E #9EB416 #169EB4

tetradic

#B4169E #B47B16 #16B42C #164FB4

square

#B4169E #B47B16 #16B42C #164FB4

split-complementary

#B4169E #4FB416 #16B47B

monochromatic

#47093E #7D0F6E #B4169E #E423C9 #EB5AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#B4169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B4169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4169E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4169E	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1656A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD295E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.225 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6dbb',
    500: '#b4169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4169e;
$custom-light: #cf6dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.354,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53351,
    "c": 0.22542,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4169E

secondary

#58CE68

accent

#F54E33

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140812

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4169E

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

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