#B242D8#B242D8

#B242D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.229 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D8
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 66.38, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 87.06, 319.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.165 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.229 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7011, 18.3205, 66.7661)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D8 #68D842

analogous

#6742D8 #B242D8 #D842B3

triadic

#B242D8 #D8B242 #42D8B2

tetradic

#B242D8 #D86742 #68D842 #42B3D8

square

#B242D8 #D86742 #68D842 #42B3D8

split-complementary

#B242D8 #B3D842 #42D867

monochromatic

#6A1B84 #9226B7 #B242D8 #C775E2 #DBA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B242D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B242D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D8	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.229 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd80e5',
    500: '#b242d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d8;
$custom-light: #cd80e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59711,
    "c": 0.22874,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D8

secondary

#ABDA9C

accent

#E93F6A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D8

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

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