#B242A2#B242A2

#B242A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.183 H 333.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242A2
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(309, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 56.71, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 63.96, 332.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1639 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.183 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8300, 15.9721, 35.8452)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242A2 #42B252

analogous

#8A42B2 #B242A2 #B2426A

triadic

#B242A2 #A2B242 #42A2B2

tetradic

#B242A2 #B28A42 #42B252 #426AB2

square

#B242A2 #B28A42 #42B252 #426AB2

split-complementary

#B242A2 #6AB242 #42B28A

monochromatic

#592151 #853179 #B242A2 #C86ABA #D896CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B242A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B242A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242A2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242A2	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4065A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64759F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.183 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ebe',
    500: '#b242a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242a2;
$custom-light: #cc7ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56635,
    "c": 0.18268,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242A2

secondary

#8CC494

accent

#D66552

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9EFF6

border

#D2CAD0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242A2

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

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