#B042AA#B042AA

#B042AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.188 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042AA
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 3.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 57.51, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 66.92, 329.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1626 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.188 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1082, 16.0307, 39.6889)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042AA #42B048

analogous

#7F42B0 #B042AA #B04273

triadic

#B042AA #AAB042 #42AAB0

tetradic

#B042AA #B07F42 #42B048 #4273B0

square

#B042AA #B07F42 #42B048 #4273B0

split-complementary

#B042AA #73B042 #42B07F

monochromatic

#572154 #83317F #B042AA #C769C1 #D795D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B042AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B042AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042AA

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042AA	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3966AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F75A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.188 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ec3',
    500: '#b042aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042aa;
$custom-light: #cb7ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.273,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56756,
    "c": 0.18785,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042AA

secondary

#8BC38E

accent

#D55A53

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042AA

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

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