#B04CA9#B04CA9

#B04CA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.172 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04CA9
RGB	rgb(176, 76, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 52.88, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 61.38, 329.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.1497 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.172 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6502, 17.2654, 39.4046)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04CA9 #4CB053

analogous

#854CB0 #B04CA9 #B04C77

triadic

#B04CA9 #A9B04C #4CA9B0

tetradic

#B04CA9 #B0854C #4CB053 #4C77B0

square

#B04CA9 #B0854C #4CB053 #4C77B0

split-complementary

#B04CA9 #77B04C #4CB085

monochromatic

#5B2757 #853A80 #B04CA9 #C476BE #D6A0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B04CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B04CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04CA9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04CA9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#466BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6578A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 76, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.172 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83c3',
    500: '#b04ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04ca9;
$custom-light: #ca83c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.2,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.17236,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04CA9

secondary

#95C398

accent

#D06158

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04CA9

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

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