#B842CD#B842CD

#B842CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.221 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B842CD
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 65.59, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 82.26, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1727 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.221 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7336, 18.4963, 59.5917)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B842CD #57CD42

analogous

#7242CD #B842CD #CD429D

triadic

#B842CD #CDB842 #42CDB8

tetradic

#B842CD #CD7242 #57CD42 #429DCD

square

#B842CD #CD7242 #57CD42 #429DCD

split-complementary

#B842CD #9DCD42 #42CD72

monochromatic

#681F76 #932CA6 #B842CD #CA72DA #DCA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B842CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B842CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B842CD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B842CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B842CD	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#106FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b842cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.221 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d180dd',
    500: '#b842cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b842cd;
$custom-light: #d180dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b842cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.935,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59826,
    "c": 0.22148,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B842CD

secondary

#A0D397

accent

#E1465E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B842CD

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

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