#B242E0#B242E0

#B242E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.236 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B242E0
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 67.95, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 90.69, 318.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1643 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.236 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7606, 18.7443, 72.3462)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B242E0 #70E042

analogous

#6342E0 #B242E0 #E042BF

triadic

#B242E0 #E0B242 #42E0B2

tetradic

#B242E0 #E06342 #70E042 #42BFE0

square

#B242E0 #E06342 #70E042 #42BFE0

split-complementary

#B242E0 #BFE042 #42E063

monochromatic

#6D1890 #9520C5 #B242E0 #C777E9 #DDABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B242E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B242E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B242E0

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B242E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B242E0	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE638D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b242e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.236 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd80ea',
    500: '#b242e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b242e0;
$custom-light: #cd80ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b242e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.532,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60231,
    "c": 0.23594,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B242E0

secondary

#B1DF9F

accent

#EF396E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B242E0

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

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