#B042CC#B042CC

#B042CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.217 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042CC
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 63.64, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 81.61, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1634 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.217 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7503, 17.4876, 58.8707)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042CC #5ECC42

analogous

#6B42CC #B042CC #CC42A3

triadic

#B042CC #CCB042 #42CCB0

tetradic

#B042CC #CC6B42 #5ECC42 #42A3CC

square

#B042CC #CC6B42 #5ECC42 #42A3CC

split-complementary

#B042CC #A3CC42 #42CC6B

monochromatic

#631F74 #8C2CA4 #B042CC #C472D9 #D8A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#B042CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#B042CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042CC

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042CC	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.217 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fdc',
    500: '#b042cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042cc;
$custom-light: #cb7fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58694,
    "c": 0.21721,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042CC

secondary

#A3D397

accent

#E14766

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042CC

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

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