#B042E1#B042E1

#B042E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.236 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B042E1
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 67.75, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 91.16, 318.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1617 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.236 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4409, 18.5638, 73.0412)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B042E1 #73E142

analogous

#6042E1 #B042E1 #E142C3

triadic

#B042E1 #E1B042 #42E1B0

tetradic

#B042E1 #E16042 #73E142 #42C3E1

square

#B042E1 #E16042 #73E142 #42C3E1

split-complementary

#B042E1 #C3E142 #42E160

monochromatic

#6C1792 #931FC6 #B042E1 #C677E9 #DCACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B042E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B042E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B042E1

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B042E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B042E1	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b042e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.236 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc80eb',
    500: '#b042e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b042e1;
$custom-light: #cc80eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b042e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60042,
    "c": 0.23618,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B042E1

secondary

#B3E09F

accent

#EF3871

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B042E1

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

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