#B042BC#B042BC

#B042BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.203 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042BC
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 60.66, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 74.52, 324.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1636 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.203 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9290, 16.7590, 49.2783)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042BC #4EBC42

analogous

#7342BC #B042BC #BC428B

triadic

#B042BC #BCB042 #42BCB0

tetradic

#B042BC #BC7342 #4EBC42 #428BBC

square

#B042BC #BC7342 #4EBC42 #428BBC

split-complementary

#B042BC #8BBC42 #42BC73

monochromatic

#5B2261 #86328F #B042BC #C36FCC #D69CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B042BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B042BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042BC

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042BC	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2769C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5576B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.203 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ed1',
    500: '#b042bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042bc;
$custom-light: #cb7ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.098,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57742,
    "c": 0.20309,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042BC

secondary

#97C991

accent

#D8505E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042BC

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

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