#B042D3#B042D3

#B042D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.223 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042D3
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 64.99, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 84.77, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.163 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.223 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6088, 17.8310, 63.3921)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042D3 #65D342

analogous

#6842D3 #B042D3 #D342AE

triadic

#B042D3 #D3B042 #42D3B0

tetradic

#B042D3 #D36842 #65D342 #42AED3

square

#B042D3 #D36842 #65D342 #42AED3

split-complementary

#B042D3 #AED342 #42D368

monochromatic

#661D7D #8F29AF #B042D3 #C574DF #DAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B042D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B042D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042D3

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042D3	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4478D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.223 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe1',
    500: '#b042d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042d3;
$custom-light: #cb7fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.22349,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042D3

secondary

#A8D79A

accent

#E5426A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042D3

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

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