#B042D2#B042D2

#B042D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.223 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042D2
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 64.79, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 84.32, 320.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1631 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.223 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4839, 17.7810, 62.7339)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042D2 #64D242

analogous

#6842D2 #B042D2 #D242AC

triadic

#B042D2 #D2B042 #42D2B0

tetradic

#B042D2 #D26842 #64D242 #42ACD2

square

#B042D2 #D26842 #64D242 #42ACD2

split-complementary

#B042D2 #ACD242 #42D268

monochromatic

#661E7C #8E29AD #B042D2 #C573DE #D9A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B042D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B042D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042D2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042D2	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4578CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.223 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe0',
    500: '#b042d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042d2;
$custom-light: #cb7fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59068,
    "c": 0.22258,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042D2

secondary

#A8D799

accent

#E54369

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042D2

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

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