#B242DF#B242DF

#B242DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.235 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242DF
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 67.75, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 90.23, 318.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.1644 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.235 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6254, 18.6903, 71.6340)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242DF #6FDF42

analogous

#6442DF #B242DF #DF42BD

triadic

#B242DF #DFB242 #42DFB2

tetradic

#B242DF #DF6442 #6FDF42 #42BDDF

square

#B242DF #DF6442 #6FDF42 #42BDDF

split-complementary

#B242DF #BDDF42 #42DF64

monochromatic

#6D188E #9421C3 #B242DF #C776E8 #DDABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B242DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B242DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242DF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242DF	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.235 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd80ea',
    500: '#b242df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242df;
$custom-light: #cd80ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.803,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60165,
    "c": 0.23503,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242DF

secondary

#B1DF9E

accent

#EE3A6E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242DF

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

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