#B042DD#B042DD

#B042DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.233 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042DD
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 66.95, -59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 89.33, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1621 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.233 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9017, 18.3481, 70.2010)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042DD #6FDD42

analogous

#6342DD #B042DD #DD42BD

triadic

#B042DD #DDB042 #42DDB0

tetradic

#B042DD #DD6342 #6FDD42 #42BDDD

square

#B042DD #DD6342 #6FDD42 #42BDDD

split-complementary

#B042DD #BDDD42 #42DD63

monochromatic

#6A198C #9222BF #B042DD #C676E6 #DBAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B042DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B042DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B042DD

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B042DD	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.233 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fe8',
    500: '#b042dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042dd;
$custom-light: #cc7fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59777,
    "c": 0.23254,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042DD

secondary

#B0DD9D

accent

#EC3B6F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042DD

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

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