#B242B0#B242B0

#B242B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.194 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242B0
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 59.04, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 69.55, 328.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1653 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.194 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1445, 16.4979, 42.7679)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242B0 #42B244

analogous

#7C42B2 #B242B0 #B24278

triadic

#B242B0 #B0B242 #42B0B2

tetradic

#B242B0 #B27C42 #42B244 #4278B2

square

#B242B0 #B27C42 #42B244 #4278B2

split-complementary

#B242B0 #78B242 #42B27C

monochromatic

#592158 #853184 #B242B0 #C86AC6 #D896D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B242B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B242B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242B0

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242B0	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3567B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.194 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ec8',
    500: '#b242b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242b0;
$custom-light: #cc7ec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.071,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57355,
    "c": 0.19394,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242B0

secondary

#8CC48D

accent

#D65552

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242B0

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

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