#B242D6#B242D6

#B242D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.227 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D6
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 65.99, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 86.15, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1652 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.227 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4441, 18.2178, 65.4127)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D6 #66D642

analogous

#6842D6 #B242D6 #D642B0

triadic

#B242D6 #D6B242 #42D6B2

tetradic

#B242D6 #D66842 #66D642 #42B0D6

square

#B242D6 #D66842 #66D642 #42B0D6

split-complementary

#B242D6 #B0D642 #42D668

monochromatic

#691C82 #9227B4 #B242D6 #C674E1 #DBA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B242D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B242D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D6

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D6	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.227 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7fe3',
    500: '#b242d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d6;
$custom-light: #cd7fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59583,
    "c": 0.22695,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D6

secondary

#AAD99B

accent

#E74069

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D6

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

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