#B242C3#B242C3

#B242C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.210 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242C3
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 62.41, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 77.67, 323.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1659 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.21 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1576, 17.3032, 53.3705)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242C3 #53C342

analogous

#7142C3 #B242C3 #C34293

triadic

#B242C3 #C3B242 #42C3B2

tetradic

#B242C3 #C37142 #53C342 #4293C3

square

#B242C3 #C37142 #53C342 #4293C3

split-complementary

#B242C3 #93C342 #42C371

monochromatic

#602169 #8A3098 #B242C3 #C570D2 #D89FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B242C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B242C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242C3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242C3	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5378C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.210 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd6',
    500: '#b242c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242c3;
$custom-light: #cc7fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.093,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58421,
    "c": 0.21013,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242C3

secondary

#9BCD94

accent

#DB4D5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242C3

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

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