#B242D5#B242D5

#B242D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.226 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D5
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 65.80, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 85.70, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1653 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.226 317)
XYZ	xyz(32.3168, 18.1668, 64.7421)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D5 #65D542

analogous

#6842D5 #B242D5 #D542AF

triadic

#B242D5 #D5B242 #42D5B2

tetradic

#B242D5 #D56842 #65D542 #42AFD5

square

#B242D5 #D56842 #65D542 #42AFD5

split-complementary

#B242D5 #AFD542 #42D568

monochromatic

#681C80 #9128B2 #B242D5 #C674E0 #DBA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#B242D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#B242D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D5	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4579D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.226 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fe3',
    500: '#b242d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d5;
$custom-light: #cd7fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5952,
    "c": 0.22605,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.18166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D5

secondary

#A9D89A

accent

#E74169

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D5

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

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