#B242B2#B242B2

#B242B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.196 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242B2
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 59.38, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 70.39, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1654 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.196 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3438, 16.5776, 43.8178)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242B2 #42B242

analogous

#7A42B2 #B242B2 #B2427A

triadic

#B242B2 #B2B242 #42B2B2

tetradic

#B242B2 #B27A42 #42B242 #427AB2

square

#B242B2 #B27A42 #42B242 #427AB2

split-complementary

#B242B2 #7AB242 #42B27A

monochromatic

#592159 #853185 #B242B2 #C86AC8 #D896D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B242B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B242B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242B2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242B2	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3468B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D76AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.196 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ec9',
    500: '#b242b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242b2;
$custom-light: #cc7ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57462,
    "c": 0.1956,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242B2

secondary

#8CC48C

accent

#D65252

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242B2

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

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