#B042BE#B042BE

#B042BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.205 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042BE
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 61.03, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 75.40, 324.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1636 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.205 323)
XYZ	xyz(29.1461, 16.8459, 50.4216)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042BE #50BE42

analogous

#7242BE #B042BE #BE428E

triadic

#B042BE #BEB042 #42BEB0

tetradic

#B042BE #BE7242 #50BE42 #428EBE

square

#B042BE #BE7242 #50BE42 #428EBE

split-complementary

#B042BE #8EBE42 #42BE72

monochromatic

#5C2263 #863291 #B042BE #C370CE #D69DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B042BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B042BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042BE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042BE	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5476BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.205 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ed2',
    500: '#b042be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042be;
$custom-light: #cb7ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57857,
    "c": 0.20483,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.16844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042BE

secondary

#98CA92

accent

#D84F5F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042BE

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

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