#B042C6#B042C6

#B042C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.212 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042C6
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 62.51, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 78.93, 322.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1636 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.212 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0445, 17.2052, 55.1535)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042C6 #58C642

analogous

#6E42C6 #B042C6 #C6429A

triadic

#B042C6 #C6B042 #42C6B0

tetradic

#B042C6 #C66E42 #58C642 #429AC6

square

#B042C6 #C66E42 #58C642 #429AC6

split-complementary

#B042C6 #9AC642 #42C66E

monochromatic

#60216D #8A2F9C #B042C6 #C471D4 #D7A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B042C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B042C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042C6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042C6	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F77C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.212 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fd8',
    500: '#b042c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042c6;
$custom-light: #cb7fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58329,
    "c": 0.21187,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042C6

secondary

#9FCF95

accent

#DD4B63

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042C6

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

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