#B242BD#B242BD

#B242BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.205 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242BD
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 65.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 61.32, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 75.06, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1659 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.205 324)
XYZ	xyz(29.4928, 17.0372, 49.8693)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242BD #4DBD42

analogous

#7442BD #B242BD #BD428B

triadic

#B242BD #BDB242 #42BDB2

tetradic

#B242BD #BD7442 #4DBD42 #428BBD

square

#B242BD #BD7442 #4DBD42 #428BBD

split-complementary

#B242BD #8BBD42 #42BD74

monochromatic

#5D2262 #873290 #B242BD #C46FCD #D79DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B242BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B242BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242BD

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242BD	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5777BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.205 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd1',
    500: '#b242bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242bd;
$custom-light: #cc7fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.634,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58073,
    "c": 0.20492,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.17036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242BD

secondary

#97C992

accent

#D8505C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242BD

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

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