#B42AA9#B42AA9

#B42AA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.218 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42AA9
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(305, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(305, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 6.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 66.90, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 76.68, 330.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.1916 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.218 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8118, 14.2260, 38.8622)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42AA9 #2AB435

analogous

#7A2AB4 #B42AA9 #B42A64

triadic

#B42AA9 #A9B42A #2AA9B4

tetradic

#B42AA9 #B47A2A #2AB435 #2A64B4

square

#B42AA9 #B47A2A #2AB435 #2A64B4

split-complementary

#B42AA9 #64B42A #2AB47A

monochromatic

#51134C #821E7A #B42AA9 #D447C9 #E079D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B42AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#B42AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42AA9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42AA9	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D5DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5870A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.218 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce73c3',
    500: '#b42aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42aa9;
$custom-light: #ce73c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.783,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5509,
    "c": 0.21761,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42AA9

secondary

#72C879

accent

#E55043

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42AA9

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

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