#B242CA#B242CA

#B242CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.216 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242CA
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 63.71, -49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 80.77, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1658 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.216 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9677, 17.6272, 57.6369)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242CA #5ACA42

analogous

#6E42CA #B242CA #CA429E

triadic

#B242CA #CAB242 #42CAB2

tetradic

#B242CA #CA6E42 #5ACA42 #429ECA

square

#B242CA #CA6E42 #5ACA42 #429ECA

split-complementary

#B242CA #9ECA42 #42CA6E

monochromatic

#632072 #8D2DA2 #B242CA #C572D7 #D9A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B242CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B242CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242CA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242CA	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.216 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fdb',
    500: '#b242ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242ca;
$custom-light: #cd7fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58838,
    "c": 0.21627,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242CA

secondary

#A1D196

accent

#DF4863

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242CA

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

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