#B042CE#B042CE

#B042CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.219 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042CE
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 64.02, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 82.51, 320.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1633 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.219 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9917, 17.5841, 60.1421)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042CE #60CE42

analogous

#6A42CE #B042CE #CE42A6

triadic

#B042CE #CEB042 #42CEB0

tetradic

#B042CE #CE6A42 #60CE42 #42A6CE

square

#B042CE #CE6A42 #60CE42 #42A6CE

split-complementary

#B042CE #A6CE42 #42CE6A

monochromatic

#641F77 #8D2BA7 #B042CE #C473DB #D9A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#B042CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#B042CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042CE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042CE	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.219 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fde',
    500: '#b042ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042ce;
$custom-light: #cb7fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58817,
    "c": 0.219,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042CE

secondary

#A5D498

accent

#E24667

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042CE

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

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