#B242AC#B242AC

#B242AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.191 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242AC
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 58.36, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 67.92, 329.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.165 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.191 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7545, 16.3419, 40.7142)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242AC #42B248

analogous

#8042B2 #B242AC #B24274

triadic

#B242AC #ACB242 #42ACB2

tetradic

#B242AC #B28042 #42B248 #4274B2

square

#B242AC #B28042 #42B248 #4274B2

split-complementary

#B242AC #74B242 #42B280

monochromatic

#592156 #853181 #B242AC #C86AC3 #D896D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B242AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B242AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242AC

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242AC	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3967AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6076A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.191 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ec5',
    500: '#b242ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242ac;
$custom-light: #cc7ec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.214,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57143,
    "c": 0.19065,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242AC

secondary

#8CC48F

accent

#D65952

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242AC

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

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