#B242CD#B242CD

#B242CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.219 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242CD
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 64.27, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 82.10, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1657 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.219 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3263, 17.7706, 59.5258)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242CD #5DCD42

analogous

#6C42CD #B242CD #CD42A3

triadic

#B242CD #CDB242 #42CDB2

tetradic

#B242CD #CD6C42 #5DCD42 #42A3CD

square

#B242CD #CD6C42 #5DCD42 #42A3CD

split-complementary

#B242CD #A3CD42 #42CD6C

monochromatic

#651F76 #8E2CA6 #B242CD #C672DA #D9A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B242CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#B242CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242CD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242CD	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.219 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fdd',
    500: '#b242cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242cd;
$custom-light: #cd7fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.345,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59021,
    "c": 0.21893,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242CD

secondary

#A3D397

accent

#E14665

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242CD

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

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