#B242AE#B242AE

#B242AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.192 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242AE
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 58.69, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 68.73, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1651 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.192 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9480, 16.4193, 41.7334)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242AE #42B246

analogous

#7E42B2 #B242AE #B24276

triadic

#B242AE #AEB242 #42AEB2

tetradic

#B242AE #B27E42 #42B246 #4276B2

square

#B242AE #B27E42 #42B246 #4276B2

split-complementary

#B242AE #76B242 #42B27E

monochromatic

#592157 #853182 #B242AE #C86AC4 #D896D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B242AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B242AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242AE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242AE	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3767B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F76AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.192 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ec6',
    500: '#b242ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242ae;
$custom-light: #cc7ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57248,
    "c": 0.19228,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242AE

secondary

#8CC48E

accent

#D65752

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242AE

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

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