#B042C3#B042C3

#B042C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.209 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042C3
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(291, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 61.95, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 77.60, 322.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1636 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.209 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7019, 17.0682, 53.3492)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042C3 #55C342

analogous

#6F42C3 #B042C3 #C34295

triadic

#B042C3 #C3B042 #42C3B0

tetradic

#B042C3 #C36F42 #55C342 #4295C3

square

#B042C3 #C36F42 #55C342 #4295C3

split-complementary

#B042C3 #95C342 #42C36F

monochromatic

#5F2169 #883098 #B042C3 #C370D2 #D79FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B042C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B042C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042C3

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042C3	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C6BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5177C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.209 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fd6',
    500: '#b042c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042c3;
$custom-light: #cb7fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.163,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5815,
    "c": 0.20921,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042C3

secondary

#9CCD94

accent

#DB4D62

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042C3

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

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