#B048B5#B048B5

#B048B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.189 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B048B5
RGB	rgb(176, 72, 181)
HSL	hsl(297, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(297, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 56.82, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 68.54, 326.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1561 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.189 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5618, 17.2027, 45.5232)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B048B5 #4DB548

analogous

#7A48B5 #B048B5 #B54883

triadic

#B048B5 #B5B048 #48B5B0

tetradic

#B048B5 #B57A48 #4DB548 #4883B5

square

#B048B5 #B57A48 #4DB548 #4883B5

split-complementary

#B048B5 #83B548 #48B57A

monochromatic

#5B255D #853789 #B048B5 #C373C7 #D69FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B048B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B048B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B048B5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B048B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B048B5	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b048b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 72, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.189 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81cb',
    500: '#b048b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b048b5;
$custom-light: #ca81cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b048b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.248,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58027,
    "c": 0.18871,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B048B5

secondary

#96C593

accent

#D3555B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B048B5

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

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