#B242D1#B242D1

#B242D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.222 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D1
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 65.03, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 83.90, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1655 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.222 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8153, 17.9662, 62.1012)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D1 #61D142

analogous

#6B42D1 #B242D1 #D142A9

triadic

#B242D1 #D1B242 #42D1B2

tetradic

#B242D1 #D16B42 #61D142 #42A9D1

square

#B242D1 #D16B42 #61D142 #42A9D1

split-complementary

#B242D1 #A9D142 #42D16B

monochromatic

#671E7B #902AAC #B242D1 #C673DD #DAA4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B242D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B242D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D1

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D1	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4879CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.222 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fe0',
    500: '#b242d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d1;
$custom-light: #cd7fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.993,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59268,
    "c": 0.22248,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D1

secondary

#A6D699

accent

#E44467

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D1

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

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