#B42AAC#B42AAC

#B42AAC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.220 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42AAC
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 172)
HSL	hsl(303, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(303, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 67.37, -38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 77.83, 329.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1916 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.22 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0967, 14.3400, 40.3625)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42AAC #2AB432

analogous

#772AB4 #B42AAC #B42A67

triadic

#B42AAC #ACB42A #2AACB4

tetradic

#B42AAC #B4772A #2AB432 #2A67B4

square

#B42AAC #B4772A #2AB432 #2A67B4

split-complementary

#B42AAC #67B42A #2AB477

monochromatic

#51134D #821E7D #B42AAC #D447CC #E079DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#B42AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B42AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42AAC

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42AAC	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#185EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5670A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.220 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c5',
    500: '#b42aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42aac;
$custom-light: #ce74c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.478,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55258,
    "c": 0.21977,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42AAC

secondary

#72C877

accent

#E54C43

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42AAC

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

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