#B034BB

sRGB: 176 / 52 / 187

Ancient mountains linger without sound
Solitary lanterns breathe beneath silver clouds
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#B034BB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 176 red, 52 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 295.1° lands in the magenta region. Its 56.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 176, 52, 187
HSL: 295.11°, 56.49%, 46.86%
HSV / HSB: 295.11°, 72.19%, 73.33%
CMYK (approx.): 5.88%, 72.19%, 0.00%, 26.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 28.101, 15.275, 48.484
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 46.009, 65.814, -45.802
WCAG relative luminance: 0.15274
24-bit decimal: 11547835

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #B034BB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 4.05:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.18:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#3FBB34 sits half a turn (180°) from #B034BB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#B034BB #3FBB34

Analogous

#6C34BB and #BB3483 sit 30° to either side of #B034BB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#6C34BB #B034BB #BB3483

Triadic

#B034BB, #BBB034 and #34BBB0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#B034BB #BBB034 #34BBB0

Split complementary

Start at #B034BB and look across the wheel. #83BB34 and #34BB6C sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#B034BB #83BB34 #34BB6C

Square

Starting with #B034BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BB6C34, #3FBB34, then #3483BB. Across the square, #B034BB pairs with #3FBB34, and #BB6C34 with #3483BB.

#B034BB #BB6C34 #3FBB34 #3483BB

Tetradic

#B034BB and #3FBB34 are opposites, as are #BB343F and #34BBB0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#B034BB #BB343F #3FBB34 #34BBB0

Tints

Mixing #B034BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C05DC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFD6F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#B034BB #C05DC9 #D085D6 #DFAEE4 #EFD6F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #B034BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8D2A96, keeps 80% of the original. By #230A25, the mixture is 80% black.

#B034BB #8D2A96 #6A1F70 #46154B #230A25 #000000

Tones

Mixing #B034BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A643AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8A718C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#B034BB #A643AF #9D52A3 #936298 #8A718C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#B034BB

RGB

rgb(176 52 187)

HSL

hsl(295.111 56.485% 46.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #B034BB;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#B034BB uses 176 red, 52 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 69.0%

Green 20.4%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #B034BB is 5.9% cyan, 72.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 26.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.9%

Magenta 72.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 26.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA33BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A3B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #B034BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9933CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA33BB Nearest web-safe: #9933CC

Gradient to complement

#B034BB #9D4BA5 #8A618E #787878 #658E61 #52A54B #3FBB34

Color vision previews

Compare how #B034BB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0263BF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#4E72B8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B44B75

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6D59BC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7663B9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AD42A6

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#6D6D6D

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#93569A

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.43415 G 0.03434 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.63678 G 0.24169 B 0.71001

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.36317 G 0.04761 B 0.46237

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.306 y 0.166 Y 15.275

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 30.980 M % 79.608 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10110000 00110100 10111011