#B042CD#B042CD

#B042CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.218 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042CD
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 63.83, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 82.06, 321.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1633 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.218 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8707, 17.5357, 59.5044)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042CD #5FCD42

analogous

#6A42CD #B042CD #CD42A4

triadic

#B042CD #CDB042 #42CDB0

tetradic

#B042CD #CD6A42 #5FCD42 #42A4CD

square

#B042CD #CD6A42 #5FCD42 #42A4CD

split-complementary

#B042CD #A4CD42 #42CD6A

monochromatic

#631F76 #8C2CA6 #B042CD #C472DA #D8A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B042CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B042CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042CD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042CD	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.218 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fdd',
    500: '#b042cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042cd;
$custom-light: #cb7fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.482,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58755,
    "c": 0.2181,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042CD

secondary

#A4D397

accent

#E14667

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042CD

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

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