#B042C2#B042C2

#B042C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.208 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042C2
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 61.76, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 77.16, 323.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1636 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.208 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5893, 17.0231, 52.7557)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042C2 #54C242

analogous

#7042C2 #B042C2 #C24294

triadic

#B042C2 #C2B042 #42C2B0

tetradic

#B042C2 #C27042 #54C242 #4294C2

square

#B042C2 #C27042 #54C242 #4294C2

split-complementary

#B042C2 #94C242 #42C270

monochromatic

#5E2268 #883196 #B042C2 #C370D1 #D79FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B042C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B042C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042C2

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042C2	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E6BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5277BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.208 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fd5',
    500: '#b042c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042c2;
$custom-light: #cb7fd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.563,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58091,
    "c": 0.20833,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042C2

secondary

#9CCC94

accent

#DB4D61

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042C2

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

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