#B242CB#B242CB

#B242CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.217 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242CB
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 63.89, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 81.21, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.1658 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.217 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0865, 17.6747, 58.2624)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242CB #5BCB42

analogous

#6D42CB #B242CB #CB429F

triadic

#B242CB #CBB242 #42CBB2

tetradic

#B242CB #CB6D42 #5BCB42 #429FCB

square

#B242CB #CB6D42 #5BCB42 #429FCB

split-complementary

#B242CB #9FCB42 #42CB6D

monochromatic

#642073 #8D2DA3 #B242CB #C672D8 #D9A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#B242CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B242CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242CB

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242CB	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#096DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.217 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fdb',
    500: '#b242cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242cb;
$custom-light: #cd7fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.051,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58899,
    "c": 0.21715,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242CB

secondary

#A2D297

accent

#E04864

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242CB

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

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