#B048E0#B048E0

#B048E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.228 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B048E0
RGB	rgb(176, 72, 224)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 67.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 65.11, -59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 87.95, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1557 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.228 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6740, 19.2476, 72.4479)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B048E0 #78E048

analogous

#6448E0 #B048E0 #E048C4

triadic

#B048E0 #E0B048 #48E0B0

tetradic

#B048E0 #E06448 #78E048 #48C4E0

square

#B048E0 #E06448 #78E048 #48C4E0

split-complementary

#B048E0 #C4E048 #48E064

monochromatic

#6E1994 #9422C9 #B048E0 #C77CE9 #DDB1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#B048E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#B048E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B048E0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B048E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B048E0	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB678F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b048e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 72, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.228 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc83ea',
    500: '#b048e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b048e0;
$custom-light: #cc83ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b048e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60595,
    "c": 0.22814,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B048E0

secondary

#B7E0A4

accent

#EE3A73

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B048E0

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

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