#B04CA0#B04CA0

#B04CA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.165 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04CA0
RGB	rgb(176, 76, 160)
HSL	hsl(310, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(310, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 9.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 51.36, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 57.78, 332.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1483 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.165 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8342, 16.9390, 35.1071)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04CA0 #4CB05C

analogous

#8E4CB0 #B04CA0 #B04C6E

triadic

#B04CA0 #A0B04C #4CA0B0

tetradic

#B04CA0 #B08E4C #4CB05C #4C6EB0

square

#B04CA0 #B08E4C #4CB05C #4C6EB0

split-complementary

#B04CA0 #6EB04C #4CB08E

monochromatic

#5B2752 #853A79 #B04CA0 #C476B7 #D6A0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B04CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B04CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04CA0

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04CA0	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B69A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 76, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.165 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83bc',
    500: '#b04ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04ca0;
$custom-light: #ca83bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.6,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57458,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04CA0

secondary

#95C39C

accent

#D06B58

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9EFF6

border

#D2CAD0

text

#140B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04CA0

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

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