#B04CA1#B04CA1

#B04CA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04CA1
RGB	rgb(176, 76, 161)
HSL	hsl(309, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 8.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 51.52, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 58.17, 332.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1485 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.166 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9220, 16.9741, 35.5697)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04CA1 #4CB05B

analogous

#8D4CB0 #B04CA1 #B04C6F

triadic

#B04CA1 #A1B04C #4CA1B0

tetradic

#B04CA1 #B08D4C #4CB05B #4C6FB0

square

#B04CA1 #B08D4C #4CB05B #4C6FB0

split-complementary

#B04CA1 #6FB04C #4CB08D

monochromatic

#5B2753 #853A7A #B04CA1 #C476B8 #D6A0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B04CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B04CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04CA1

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04CA1	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A69A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 76, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83bd',
    500: '#b04ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04ca1;
$custom-light: #ca83bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04CA1

secondary

#95C39C

accent

#D06A58

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9EFF6

border

#D2CAD0

text

#140B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04CA1

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

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