#B842CE#B842CE

#B842CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.222 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B842CE
RGB	rgb(184, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 65.77, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 82.70, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1727 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.222 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8547, 18.5447, 60.2295)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B842CE #58CE42

analogous

#7242CE #B842CE #CE429E

triadic

#B842CE #CEB842 #42CEB8

tetradic

#B842CE #CE7242 #58CE42 #429ECE

square

#B842CE #CE7242 #58CE42 #429ECE

split-complementary

#B842CE #9ECE42 #42CE72

monochromatic

#691F77 #942BA7 #B842CE #CA73DB #DDA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B842CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B842CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B842CE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B842CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B842CE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b842ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.222 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d180dd',
    500: '#b842ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b842ce;
$custom-light: #d180dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b842ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59886,
    "c": 0.22235,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B842CE

secondary

#A1D498

accent

#E2465E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B842CE

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

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