#B04CA5#B04CA5

#B04CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.169 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04CA5
RGB	rgb(176, 76, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 6.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 52.20, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 59.76, 330.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.1491 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.169 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2804, 17.1175, 37.4572)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04CA5 #4CB057

analogous

#894CB0 #B04CA5 #B04C73

triadic

#B04CA5 #A5B04C #4CA5B0

tetradic

#B04CA5 #B0894C #4CB057 #4C73B0

square

#B04CA5 #B0894C #4CB057 #4C73B0

split-complementary

#B04CA5 #73B04C #4CB089

monochromatic

#5B2755 #853A7D #B04CA5 #C476BB #D6A0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B04CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B04CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04CA5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04CA5	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 76, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.169 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83c0',
    500: '#b04ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04ca5;
$custom-light: #ca83c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.6,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57696,
    "c": 0.16899,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04CA5

secondary

#95C39A

accent

#D06558

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9EFF7

border

#D2CAD0

text

#140B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04CA5

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

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