#B242AF#B242AF

#B242AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.193 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242AF
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 175)
HSL	hsl(302, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 58.86, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 69.14, 328.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1652 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.193 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0459, 16.4585, 42.2487)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242AF #42B245

analogous

#7D42B2 #B242AF #B24277

triadic

#B242AF #AFB242 #42AFB2

tetradic

#B242AF #B27D42 #42B245 #4277B2

square

#B242AF #B27D42 #42B245 #4277B2

split-complementary

#B242AF #77B242 #42B27D

monochromatic

#592157 #853183 #B242AF #C86AC5 #D896D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B242AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B242AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242AF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242AF	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3667B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.193 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ec7',
    500: '#b242af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242af;
$custom-light: #cc7ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.607,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57301,
    "c": 0.1931,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242AF

secondary

#8CC48D

accent

#D65652

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242AF

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

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