#B243C5#B243C5

#B243C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.211 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B243C5
RGB	rgb(178, 67, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 66%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 62.37, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 78.09, 323.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1648 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.211 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4442, 17.5121, 54.5891)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B243C5 #56C543

analogous

#7143C5 #B243C5 #C54397

triadic

#B243C5 #C5B243 #43C5B2

tetradic

#B243C5 #C57143 #56C543 #4397C5

square

#B243C5 #C57143 #56C543 #4397C5

split-complementary

#B243C5 #97C543 #43C571

monochromatic

#61216C #8B309B #B243C5 #C572D3 #D8A1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B243C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#B243C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B243C5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B243C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B243C5	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5278C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b243c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 67, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.211 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7fd7',
    500: '#b243c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b243c5;
$custom-light: #cc7fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b243c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58644,
    "c": 0.21059,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B243C5

secondary

#9ECE95

accent

#DC4C61

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B243C5

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

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