#B242C8#B242C8

#B242C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.215 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242C8
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 63.33, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 79.88, 322.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.1659 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.215 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7324, 17.5331, 56.3978)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242C8 #58C842

analogous

#6F42C8 #B242C8 #C8429B

triadic

#B242C8 #C8B242 #42C8B2

tetradic

#B242C8 #C86F42 #58C842 #429BC8

square

#B242C8 #C86F42 #58C842 #429BC8

split-complementary

#B242C8 #9BC842 #42C86F

monochromatic

#62206F #8C2E9F #B242C8 #C571D6 #D9A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B242C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B242C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242C8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242C8	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.215 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fd9',
    500: '#b242c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242c8;
$custom-light: #cd7fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.149,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58718,
    "c": 0.21451,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242C8

secondary

#9FD096

accent

#DE4A62

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242C8

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

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