#B242D4#B242D4

#B242D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.225 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D4
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 65.61, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 85.25, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1653 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.225 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1902, 18.1162, 64.0757)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D4 #64D442

analogous

#6942D4 #B242D4 #D442AD

triadic

#B242D4 #D4B242 #42D4B2

tetradic

#B242D4 #D46942 #64D442 #42ADD4

square

#B242D4 #D46942 #64D442 #42ADD4

split-complementary

#B242D4 #ADD442 #42D469

monochromatic

#681D7F #9128B1 #B242D4 #C674DF #DBA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#B242D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B242D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D4

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D4	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4579D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.225 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fe2',
    500: '#b242d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d4;
$custom-light: #cd7fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.027,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59457,
    "c": 0.22515,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D4

secondary

#A8D89A

accent

#E64268

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D4

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

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