#B242D0#B242D0

#B242D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.222 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D0
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 64.84, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 83.45, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1656 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.222 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6919, 17.9169, 61.4512)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D0 #60D042

analogous

#6B42D0 #B242D0 #D042A7

triadic

#B242D0 #D0B242 #42D0B2

tetradic

#B242D0 #D06B42 #60D042 #42A7D0

square

#B242D0 #D06B42 #60D042 #42A7D0

split-complementary

#B242D0 #A7D042 #42D06B

monochromatic

#661E79 #8F2AAA #B242D0 #C673DC #DAA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B242D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B242D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D0

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D0	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4979CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.222 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fdf',
    500: '#b242d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d0;
$custom-light: #cd7fdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.324,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59206,
    "c": 0.22159,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D0

secondary

#A5D599

accent

#E34466

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D0

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

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