#B242A0#B242A0

#B242A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.181 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242A0
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 160)
HSL	hsl(310, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(310, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 56.39, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 63.20, 333.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1636 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.181 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6537, 15.9016, 34.9164)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242A0 #42B254

analogous

#8C42B2 #B242A0 #B24268

triadic

#B242A0 #A0B242 #42A0B2

tetradic

#B242A0 #B28C42 #42B254 #4268B2

square

#B242A0 #B28C42 #42B254 #4268B2

split-complementary

#B242A0 #68B242 #42B28C

monochromatic

#592150 #853178 #B242A0 #C86AB8 #D896CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B242A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B242A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242A0

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242A0	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4164A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.181 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ebc',
    500: '#b242a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242a0;
$custom-light: #cc7ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.643,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56537,
    "c": 0.18113,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242A0

secondary

#8CC495

accent

#D66752

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9EFF6

border

#D2CAD0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242A0

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

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