#B242C2#B242C2

#B242C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.209 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242C2
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(293, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 62.22, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 77.24, 323.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1659 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.209 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0449, 17.2581, 52.7771)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242C2 #52C242

analogous

#7242C2 #B242C2 #C24292

triadic

#B242C2 #C2B242 #42C2B2

tetradic

#B242C2 #C27242 #52C242 #4292C2

square

#B242C2 #C27242 #52C242 #4292C2

split-complementary

#B242C2 #92C242 #42C272

monochromatic

#5F2268 #8A3196 #B242C2 #C570D1 #D89FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B242C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B242C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242C2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242C2	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5378BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.209 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd5',
    500: '#b242c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242c2;
$custom-light: #cc7fd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58362,
    "c": 0.20925,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242C2

secondary

#9BCC94

accent

#DB4D5F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242C2

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

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