#B042D4#B042D4

#B042D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.224 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042D4
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 65.18, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 85.23, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1629 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.224 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7346, 17.8813, 64.0544)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042D4 #66D442

analogous

#6742D4 #B042D4 #D442AF

triadic

#B042D4 #D4B042 #42D4B0

tetradic

#B042D4 #D46742 #66D442 #42AFD4

square

#B042D4 #D46742 #66D442 #42AFD4

split-complementary

#B042D4 #AFD442 #42D467

monochromatic

#671D7F #8F28B1 #B042D4 #C574DF #DAA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B042D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B042D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B042D4

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B042D4	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4378D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.224 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fe2',
    500: '#b042d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042d4;
$custom-light: #cc7fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59194,
    "c": 0.22439,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042D4

secondary

#A9D89A

accent

#E6426A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042D4

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

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