#B242BF#B242BF

#B242BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.207 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242BF
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 61.68, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 75.93, 324.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.1659 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.207 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7114, 17.1247, 51.0205)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242BF #4FBF42

analogous

#7342BF #B242BF #BF428D

triadic

#B242BF #BFB242 #42BFB2

tetradic

#B242BF #BF7342 #4FBF42 #428DBF

square

#B242BF #BF7342 #4FBF42 #428DBF

split-complementary

#B242BF #8DBF42 #42BF73

monochromatic

#5E2265 #883292 #B242BF #C570CE #D79DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B242BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B242BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242BF

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242BF	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5577BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.207 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd3',
    500: '#b242bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242bf;
$custom-light: #cc7fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58188,
    "c": 0.20666,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242BF

secondary

#98CA93

accent

#D94F5D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242BF

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

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