#B242D9#B242D9

#B242D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.230 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242D9
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 66.58, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 87.51, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1649 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.23 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8307, 18.3724, 67.4490)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242D9 #69D942

analogous

#6642D9 #B242D9 #D942B5

triadic

#B242D9 #D9B242 #42D9B2

tetradic

#B242D9 #D96642 #69D942 #42B5D9

square

#B242D9 #D96642 #69D942 #42B5D9

split-complementary

#B242D9 #B5D942 #42D966

monochromatic

#6A1B86 #9325B9 #B242D9 #C775E3 #DCA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B242D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B242D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242D9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242D9	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.230 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd80e5',
    500: '#b242d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242d9;
$custom-light: #cd80e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.503,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59775,
    "c": 0.22963,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242D9

secondary

#ACDB9C

accent

#E93E6B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242D9

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

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