#B242BC#B242BC

#B242BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.204 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242BC
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 61.14, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 74.63, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1659 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.204 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3847, 16.9940, 49.2996)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242BC #4CBC42

analogous

#7542BC #B242BC #BC4289

triadic

#B242BC #BCB242 #42BCB2

tetradic

#B242BC #BC7542 #4CBC42 #4289BC

square

#B242BC #BC7542 #4CBC42 #4289BC

split-complementary

#B242BC #89BC42 #42BC75

monochromatic

#5C2261 #87328F #B242BC #C56FCC #D79CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B242BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B242BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242BC

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242BC	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5777B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.204 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd1',
    500: '#b242bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242bc;
$custom-light: #cc7fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.082,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58016,
    "c": 0.20406,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242BC

secondary

#96C991

accent

#D8505B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242BC

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

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