#B242AA#B242AA

#B242AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.189 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242AA
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 58.02, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 67.11, 329.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1648 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.189 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5639, 16.2657, 39.7102)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242AA #42B24A

analogous

#8242B2 #B242AA #B24272

triadic

#B242AA #AAB242 #42AAB2

tetradic

#B242AA #B28242 #42B24A #4272B2

square

#B242AA #B28242 #42B24A #4272B2

split-complementary

#B242AA #72B242 #42B282

monochromatic

#592155 #85317F #B242AA #C86AC1 #D896D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B242AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B242AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242AA

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242AA	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A66AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6176A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.189 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ec3',
    500: '#b242aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242aa;
$custom-light: #cc7ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57039,
    "c": 0.18902,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242AA

secondary

#8CC490

accent

#D65C52

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242AA

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

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