#B42AAE#B42AAE

#B42AAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.221 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42AAE
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(303, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 67.68, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 78.61, 329.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1916 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.221 330)
XYZ	xyz(27.2902, 14.4174, 41.3817)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42AAE #2AB430

analogous

#752AB4 #B42AAE #B42A69

triadic

#B42AAE #AEB42A #2AAEB4

tetradic

#B42AAE #B4752A #2AB430 #2A69B4

square

#B42AAE #B4752A #2AB430 #2A69B4

split-complementary

#B42AAE #69B42A #2AB475

monochromatic

#51134E #821E7E #B42AAE #D447CE #E079DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B42AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B42AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42AAE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42AAE	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#145EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5570AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.221 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c7',
    500: '#b42aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42aae;
$custom-light: #ce74c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55371,
    "c": 0.22123,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.14415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42AAE

secondary

#72C876

accent

#E54A43

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42AAE

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

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