#B42AB2#B42AB2

#B42AB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.224 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42AB2
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(301, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 68.31, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 80.19, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1916 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.224 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6860, 14.5757, 43.4660)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42AB2 #2AB42C

analogous

#712AB4 #B42AB2 #B42A6D

triadic

#B42AB2 #B2B42A #2AB2B4

tetradic

#B42AB2 #B4712A #2AB42C #2A6DB4

square

#B42AB2 #B4712A #2AB42C #2A6DB4

split-complementary

#B42AB2 #6DB42A #2AB471

monochromatic

#511350 #821E81 #B42AB2 #D447D2 #E079DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B42AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B42AB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42AB2

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42AB2	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#095FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5371AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA406D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.224 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c9',
    500: '#b42ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ab2;
$custom-light: #ce74c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.87,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55601,
    "c": 0.22417,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42AB2

secondary

#72C873

accent

#E54543

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42AB2

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

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