#B242BB#B242BB

#B242BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.203 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242BB
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(296, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 60.96, -42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 74.20, 325.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1658 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.203 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2772, 16.9510, 48.7339)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242BB #4BBB42

analogous

#7642BB #B242BB #BB4288

triadic

#B242BB #BBB242 #42BBB2

tetradic

#B242BB #BB7642 #4BBB42 #4288BB

square

#B242BB #BB7642 #4BBB42 #4288BB

split-complementary

#B242BB #88BB42 #42BB76

monochromatic

#5C2261 #87328E #B242BB #C56ECC #D79CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B242BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B242BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242BB

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242BB	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5877B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.203 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd0',
    500: '#b242bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242bb;
$custom-light: #cc7fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.537,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5796,
    "c": 0.20321,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242BB

secondary

#95C891

accent

#D7505A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242BB

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

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