#B04AE1#B04AE1

#B04AE1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.227 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04AE1
RGB	rgb(176, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 64.47, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 87.46, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1536 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.227 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9415, 19.5649, 73.2080)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04AE1 #7BE14A

analogous

#644AE1 #B04AE1 #E14AC6

triadic

#B04AE1 #E1B04A #4AE1B0

tetradic

#B04AE1 #E1644A #7BE14A #4AC6E1

square

#B04AE1 #E1644A #7BE14A #4AC6E1

split-complementary

#B04AE1 #C6E14A #4AE164

monochromatic

#6E1997 #9522CC #B04AE1 #C77EEA #DEB3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B04AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B04AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B04AE1

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B04AE1	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.227 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc84eb',
    500: '#b04ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04ae1;
$custom-light: #cc84eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.53,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60877,
    "c": 0.22661,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04AE1

secondary

#B9E1A6

accent

#EE3974

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04AE1

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

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