#B042B6#B042B6

#B042B6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.198 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042B6
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(297, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 59.59, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 71.94, 325.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1634 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.198 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2956, 16.5057, 45.9424)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042B6 #48B642

analogous

#7642B6 #B042B6 #B64282

triadic

#B042B6 #B6B042 #42B6B0

tetradic

#B042B6 #B67642 #48B642 #4282B6

square

#B042B6 #B67642 #48B642 #4282B6

split-complementary

#B042B6 #82B642 #42B676

monochromatic

#59215C #853289 #B042B6 #C56CCA #D699DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B042B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B042B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042B6

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042B6	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E68B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5976B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.198 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ecc',
    500: '#b042b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042b6;
$custom-light: #cb7ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.897,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57403,
    "c": 0.19791,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042B6

secondary

#91C68E

accent

#D65158

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042B6

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

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