#B042CA#B042CA

#B042CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.215 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042CA
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 63.26, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 80.71, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.1635 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.215 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5120, 17.3922, 57.6155)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042CA #5CCA42

analogous

#6C42CA #B042CA #CA42A0

triadic

#B042CA #CAB042 #42CAB0

tetradic

#B042CA #CA6C42 #5CCA42 #42A0CA

square

#B042CA #CA6C42 #5CCA42 #42A0CA

split-complementary

#B042CA #A0CA42 #42CA6C

monochromatic

#622072 #8B2DA2 #B042CA #C472D7 #D8A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#B042CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#B042CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042CA

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042CA	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#086CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.215 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fdb',
    500: '#b042ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042ca;
$custom-light: #cb7fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58571,
    "c": 0.21541,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042CA

secondary

#A2D196

accent

#DF4865

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042CA

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

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