#B042D9#B042D9

#B042D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.229 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042D9
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 66.16, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 87.50, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1625 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.229 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3751, 18.1375, 67.4277)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042D9 #6BD942

analogous

#6542D9 #B042D9 #D942B6

triadic

#B042D9 #D9B042 #42D9B0

tetradic

#B042D9 #D96542 #6BD942 #42B6D9

square

#B042D9 #D96542 #6BD942 #42B6D9

split-complementary

#B042D9 #B6D942 #42D965

monochromatic

#691B86 #9125B9 #B042D9 #C575E3 #DBA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#B042D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#B042D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B042D9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B042D9	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E79D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.229 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fe5',
    500: '#b042d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042d9;
$custom-light: #cc7fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.709,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59516,
    "c": 0.22891,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042D9

secondary

#ADDB9C

accent

#E93E6D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042D9

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

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