#B42BA3#B42BA3

#B42BA3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.212 H 333.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BA3
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(307, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 9.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 65.70, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 74.08, 332.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.1905 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.212 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2974, 14.0777, 35.9755)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BA3 #2BB43C

analogous

#802BB4 #B42BA3 #B42B5E

triadic

#B42BA3 #A3B42B #2BA3B4

tetradic

#B42BA3 #B4802B #2BB43C #2B5EB4

square

#B42BA3 #B4802B #2BB43C #2B5EB4

split-complementary

#B42BA3 #5EB42B #2BB480

monochromatic

#51134A #831F76 #B42BA3 #D349C2 #DF7AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B42BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B42BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BA3

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BA3	1.00	5.50	3.81	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B70A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.212 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74be',
    500: '#b42ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ba3;
$custom-light: #ce74be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.445,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54837,
    "c": 0.21236,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BA3

secondary

#73C77E

accent

#E55743

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BA3

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

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