#B242B7#B242B7

#B242B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.200 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242B7
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(297, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 60.25, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 72.49, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1657 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.2 326)
XYZ	xyz(28.8550, 16.7821, 46.5100)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242B7 #47B742

analogous

#7842B7 #B242B7 #B74282

triadic

#B242B7 #B7B242 #42B7B2

tetradic

#B242B7 #B77842 #47B742 #4282B7

square

#B242B7 #B77842 #47B742 #4282B7

split-complementary

#B242B7 #82B742 #42B778

monochromatic

#5B225D #86328A #B242B7 #C66CCA #D799DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B242B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B242B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242B7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242B7	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F69BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A77B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.200 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ecd',
    500: '#b242b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242b7;
$custom-light: #cc7ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.436,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57736,
    "c": 0.19981,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.1678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242B7

secondary

#91C68F

accent

#D75157

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242B7

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

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