#B042D8#B042D8

#B042D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.228 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042D8
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 65.96, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 87.04, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1626 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.228 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2454, 18.0856, 66.7447)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042D8 #6AD842

analogous

#6542D8 #B042D8 #D842B5

triadic

#B042D8 #D8B042 #42D8B0

tetradic

#B042D8 #D86542 #6AD842 #42B5D8

square

#B042D8 #D86542 #6AD842 #42B5D8

split-complementary

#B042D8 #B5D842 #42D865

monochromatic

#681B84 #9026B7 #B042D8 #C575E2 #DAA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#B042D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B042D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B042D8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B042D8	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.228 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fe5',
    500: '#b042d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042d8;
$custom-light: #cc7fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59451,
    "c": 0.22801,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042D8

secondary

#ACDA9C

accent

#E93F6C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042D8

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

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