#B042D5#B042D5

#B042D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.225 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042D5
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 65.38, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 85.68, 319.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1629 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.225 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8611, 17.9319, 64.7208)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042D5 #67D542

analogous

#6742D5 #B042D5 #D542B0

triadic

#B042D5 #D5B042 #42D5B0

tetradic

#B042D5 #D56742 #67D542 #42B0D5

square

#B042D5 #D56742 #67D542 #42B0D5

split-complementary

#B042D5 #B0D542 #42D567

monochromatic

#671C80 #8F28B2 #B042D5 #C574E0 #DAA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B042D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B042D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B042D5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B042D5	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4279D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.225 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fe3',
    500: '#b042d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042d5;
$custom-light: #cc7fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.898,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59258,
    "c": 0.22529,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042D5

secondary

#AAD89A

accent

#E7416B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042D5

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

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