#B042B4#B042B4

#B042B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.196 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042B4
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(298, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 63.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 59.23, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 71.08, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1633 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.196 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0904, 16.4236, 44.8617)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042B4 #46B442

analogous

#7742B4 #B042B4 #B4427F

triadic

#B042B4 #B4B042 #42B4B0

tetradic

#B042B4 #B47742 #46B442 #427FB4

square

#B042B4 #B47742 #46B442 #427FB4

split-complementary

#B042B4 #7FB442 #42B477

monochromatic

#58215A #843287 #B042B4 #C56BC9 #D797D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B042B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B042B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042B4

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042B4	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3068B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A76B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.196 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ecb',
    500: '#b042b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042b4;
$custom-light: #cb7ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57292,
    "c": 0.19621,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042B4

secondary

#8FC58D

accent

#D65256

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042B4

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

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