#B242D3#B242D3

#B242D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.224 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D3
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 65.41, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 84.80, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1654 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.224 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0645, 18.0659, 63.4135)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D3 #63D342

analogous

#6A42D3 #B242D3 #D342AC

triadic

#B242D3 #D3B242 #42D3B2

tetradic

#B242D3 #D36A42 #63D342 #42ACD3

square

#B242D3 #D36A42 #63D342 #42ACD3

split-complementary

#B242D3 #ACD342 #42D36A

monochromatic

#681D7D #9029AF #B242D3 #C674DF #DAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#B242D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#B242D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D3	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4679D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.224 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fe1',
    500: '#b242d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d3;
$custom-light: #cd7fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.345,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59394,
    "c": 0.22426,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D3

secondary

#A8D79A

accent

#E54268

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D3

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

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