#B242CF#B242CF

#B242CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.221 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242CF
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 64.65, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 83.00, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1656 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.221 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5693, 17.8678, 60.8053)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242CF #5FCF42

analogous

#6B42CF #B242CF #CF42A5

triadic

#B242CF #CFB242 #42CFB2

tetradic

#B242CF #CF6B42 #5FCF42 #42A5CF

square

#B242CF #CF6B42 #5FCF42 #42A5CF

split-complementary

#B242CF #A5CF42 #42CF6B

monochromatic

#661F78 #8F2BA9 #B242CF #C673DB #DAA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B242CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B242CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B242CF

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B242CF	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A79CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.221 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fde',
    500: '#b242cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242cf;
$custom-light: #cd7fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.66,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59144,
    "c": 0.2207,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242CF

secondary

#A5D598

accent

#E34566

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242CF

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

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