#B842C8#B842C8

#B842C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.217 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B842C8
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 64.68, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 80.09, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1728 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.217 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1397, 18.2587, 56.4638)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B842C8 #52C842

analogous

#7542C8 #B842C8 #C84295

triadic

#B842C8 #C8B842 #42C8B8

tetradic

#B842C8 #C87542 #52C842 #4295C8

square

#B842C8 #C87542 #52C842 #4295C8

split-complementary

#B842C8 #95C842 #42C875

monochromatic

#66206F #912E9F #B842C8 #CA71D6 #DCA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B842C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B842C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B842C8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B842C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B842C8	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b842c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.217 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d180d9',
    500: '#b842c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b842c8;
$custom-light: #d180d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b842c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.836,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59531,
    "c": 0.2172,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B842C8

secondary

#9DD096

accent

#DE4A5B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B842C8

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

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