#B242D2#B242D2

#B242D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.223 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D2
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 65.22, -53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 84.35, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1655 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.223 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9395, 18.0159, 62.7553)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D2 #62D242

analogous

#6A42D2 #B242D2 #D242AA

triadic

#B242D2 #D2B242 #42D2B2

tetradic

#B242D2 #D26A42 #62D242 #42AAD2

square

#B242D2 #D26A42 #62D242 #42AAD2

split-complementary

#B242D2 #AAD242 #42D26A

monochromatic

#671E7C #9029AD #B242D2 #C673DE #DAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#B242D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B242D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D2

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D2	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4779CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.223 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fe0',
    500: '#b242d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d2;
$custom-light: #cd7fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59331,
    "c": 0.22337,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D2

secondary

#A7D799

accent

#E54367

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D2

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

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