#B242B9#B242B9

#B242B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.202 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242B9
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(296, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 64.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 60.60, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 73.34, 325.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1658 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.202 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0646, 16.8660, 47.6141)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242B9 #49B942

analogous

#7742B9 #B242B9 #B94284

triadic

#B242B9 #B9B242 #42B9B2

tetradic

#B242B9 #B97742 #49B942 #4284B9

square

#B242B9 #B97742 #49B942 #4284B9

split-complementary

#B242B9 #84B942 #42B977

monochromatic

#5B225F #87328C #B242B9 #C56DCB #D79ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B242B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B242B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242B9

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242B9	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D69BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5977B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.202 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ece',
    500: '#b242b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242b9;
$custom-light: #cc7ece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57847,
    "c": 0.2015,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242B9

secondary

#93C790

accent

#D75159

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242B9

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

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