#B242DD#B242DD

#B242DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.233 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242DD
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 67.36, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 89.32, 318.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1646 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.233 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3573, 18.5830, 70.2223)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242DD #6DDD42

analogous

#6542DD #B242DD #DD42BB

triadic

#B242DD #DDB242 #42DDB2

tetradic

#B242DD #DD6542 #6DDD42 #42BBDD

square

#B242DD #DD6542 #6DDD42 #42BBDD

split-complementary

#B242DD #BBDD42 #42DD65

monochromatic

#6C198C #9422BF #B242DD #C776E6 #DCAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B242DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B242DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242DD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242DD	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.233 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd80e8',
    500: '#b242dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242dd;
$custom-light: #cd80e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60034,
    "c": 0.23323,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242DD

secondary

#AFDD9D

accent

#EC3B6D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242DD

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

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