#B042B0#B042B0

#B042B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.193 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042B0
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 176)
HSL	hsl(300, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 58.54, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 69.40, 327.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1631 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.193 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6888, 16.2629, 42.7465)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042B0 #42B042

analogous

#7942B0 #B042B0 #B04279

triadic

#B042B0 #B0B042 #42B0B0

tetradic

#B042B0 #B07942 #42B042 #4279B0

square

#B042B0 #B07942 #42B042 #4279B0

split-complementary

#B042B0 #79B042 #42B079

monochromatic

#572157 #833183 #B042B0 #C769C7 #D795D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B042B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B042B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042B0

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042B0	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3467B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C75AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.193 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ec8',
    500: '#b042b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042b0;
$custom-light: #cb7ec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57074,
    "c": 0.19283,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042B0

secondary

#8BC38B

accent

#D55353

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042B0

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

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