#B042BF#B042BF

#B042BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.206 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042BF
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 61.21, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 75.84, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1636 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.206 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2557, 16.8897, 50.9992)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042BF #51BF42

analogous

#7142BF #B042BF #BF428F

triadic

#B042BF #BFB042 #42BFB0

tetradic

#B042BF #BF7142 #51BF42 #428FBF

square

#B042BF #BF7142 #51BF42 #428FBF

split-complementary

#B042BF #8FBF42 #42BF71

monochromatic

#5D2265 #873292 #B042BF #C370CE #D69DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B042BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B042BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042BF

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042BF	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5477BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.206 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ed3',
    500: '#b042bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042bf;
$custom-light: #cb7ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57915,
    "c": 0.2057,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042BF

secondary

#99CA93

accent

#D94F5F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042BF

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

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