#B042AB#B042AB

#B042AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.189 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042AB
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 171)
HSL	hsl(303, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 2.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 57.68, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 67.33, 328.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1627 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.189 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2032, 16.0687, 40.1890)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042AB #42B047

analogous

#7E42B0 #B042AB #B04274

triadic

#B042AB #ABB042 #42ABB0

tetradic

#B042AB #B07E42 #42B047 #4274B0

square

#B042AB #B07E42 #42B047 #4274B0

split-complementary

#B042AB #74B042 #42B07E

monochromatic

#572155 #833180 #B042AB #C769C2 #D795D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B042AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B042AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042AB

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042AB	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3866AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F75A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.189 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ec4',
    500: '#b042ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042ab;
$custom-light: #cb7ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56808,
    "c": 0.18867,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042AB

secondary

#8BC38D

accent

#D55953

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042AB

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

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