#B242B1#B242B1

#B242B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.195 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242B1
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 177)
HSL	hsl(301, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 0.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 59.21, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 69.97, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1654 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.195 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2438, 16.5376, 43.2909)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242B1 #42B243

analogous

#7B42B2 #B242B1 #B24279

triadic

#B242B1 #B1B242 #42B1B2

tetradic

#B242B1 #B27B42 #42B243 #4279B2

square

#B242B1 #B27B42 #42B243 #4279B2

split-complementary

#B242B1 #79B242 #42B27B

monochromatic

#592158 #853185 #B242B1 #C86AC7 #D896D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B242B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B242B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242B1

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242B1	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3568B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D76AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.195 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ec9',
    500: '#b242b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242b1;
$custom-light: #cc7ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.536,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57408,
    "c": 0.19476,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242B1

secondary

#8CC48C

accent

#D65352

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242B1

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

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