#B242C5#B242C5

#B242C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.212 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242C5
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 62.78, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 78.55, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1659 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.212 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3852, 17.3942, 54.5694)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242C5 #55C542

analogous

#7142C5 #B242C5 #C54297

triadic

#B242C5 #C5B242 #42C5B2

tetradic

#B242C5 #C57142 #55C542 #4297C5

square

#B242C5 #C57142 #55C542 #4297C5

split-complementary

#B242C5 #97C542 #42C571

monochromatic

#61216C #8B2F9A #B242C5 #C571D3 #D8A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#B242C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#B242C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242C5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242C5	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B6CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5178C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.212 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd7',
    500: '#b242c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242c5;
$custom-light: #cc7fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.298,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58539,
    "c": 0.21187,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242C5

secondary

#9DCE95

accent

#DC4B60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242C5

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

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