#B042C0#B042C0

#B042C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.207 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042C0
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(292, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 61.39, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 76.27, 323.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1636 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.207 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3662, 16.9339, 51.5807)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042C0 #52C042

analogous

#7142C0 #B042C0 #C04291

triadic

#B042C0 #C0B042 #42C0B0

tetradic

#B042C0 #C07142 #52C042 #4291C0

square

#B042C0 #C07142 #52C042 #4291C0

split-complementary

#B042C0 #91C042 #42C071

monochromatic

#5D2266 #873194 #B042C0 #C370CF #D69EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B042C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B042C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042C0

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042C0	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5377BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.207 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fd3',
    500: '#b042c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042c0;
$custom-light: #cb7fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.381,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57973,
    "c": 0.20658,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042C0

secondary

#9ACB93

accent

#DA4E60

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042C0

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

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