#B242CC#B242CC

#B242CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.218 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242CC
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 64.08, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 81.66, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1657 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.218 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2060, 17.7225, 58.8921)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242CC #5CCC42

analogous

#6D42CC #B242CC #CC42A1

triadic

#B242CC #CCB242 #42CCB2

tetradic

#B242CC #CC6D42 #5CCC42 #42A1CC

square

#B242CC #CC6D42 #5CCC42 #42A1CC

split-complementary

#B242CC #A1CC42 #42CC6D

monochromatic

#641F74 #8E2CA4 #B242CC #C672D9 #D9A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#B242CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B242CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242CC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242CC	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#056DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C79C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.218 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fdc',
    500: '#b242cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242cc;
$custom-light: #cd7fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5896,
    "c": 0.21804,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242CC

secondary

#A2D397

accent

#E14764

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242CC

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

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