#B042E0#B042E0

#B042E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.235 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042E0
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 67.55, -60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 90.70, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1618 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.235 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3049, 18.5094, 72.3248)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042E0 #72E042

analogous

#6142E0 #B042E0 #E042C1

triadic

#B042E0 #E0B042 #42E0B0

tetradic

#B042E0 #E06142 #72E042 #42C1E0

square

#B042E0 #E06142 #72E042 #42C1E0

split-complementary

#B042E0 #C1E042 #42E061

monochromatic

#6B1890 #9320C5 #B042E0 #C677E9 #DCABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B042E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B042E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B042E0

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B042E0	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.235 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc80ea',
    500: '#b042e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042e0;
$custom-light: #cc80ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.772,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59975,
    "c": 0.23527,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042E0

secondary

#B2DF9F

accent

#EF3970

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042E0

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

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