#B242C4#B242C4

#B242C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.211 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242C4
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 62.59, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 78.11, 323.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1659 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.211 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2710, 17.3485, 53.9680)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242C4 #54C442

analogous

#7142C4 #B242C4 #C44295

triadic

#B242C4 #C4B242 #42C4B2

tetradic

#B242C4 #C47142 #54C442 #4295C4

square

#B242C4 #C47142 #54C442 #4295C4

split-complementary

#B242C4 #95C442 #42C471

monochromatic

#60216A #8A3099 #B242C4 #C571D3 #D89FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B242C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B242C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242C4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242C4	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5278C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.211 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd6',
    500: '#b242c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242c4;
$custom-light: #cc7fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5848,
    "c": 0.21099,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242C4

secondary

#9CCE94

accent

#DC4C60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242C4

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

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