#B042CF#B042CF

#B042CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.220 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042CF
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 64.22, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 82.96, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1632 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.22 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1136, 17.6329, 60.7840)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042CF #61CF42

analogous

#6942CF #B042CF #CF42A7

triadic

#B042CF #CFB042 #42CFB0

tetradic

#B042CF #CF6942 #61CF42 #42A7CF

square

#B042CF #CF6942 #61CF42 #42A7CF

split-complementary

#B042CF #A7CF42 #42CF69

monochromatic

#641F78 #8D2BA9 #B042CF #C473DB #D9A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B042CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B042CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042CF

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042CF	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.220 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fde',
    500: '#b042cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042cf;
$custom-light: #cb7fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.809,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5888,
    "c": 0.21989,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042CF

secondary

#A5D598

accent

#E34568

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042CF

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

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