#B42BA4#B42BA4

#B42BA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.213 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BA4
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 65.85, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 74.45, 332.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.1906 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.213 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3873, 14.1137, 36.4492)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BA4 #2BB43B

analogous

#7F2BB4 #B42BA4 #B42B5F

triadic

#B42BA4 #A4B42B #2BA4B4

tetradic

#B42BA4 #B47F2B #2BB43B #2B5FB4

square

#B42BA4 #B47F2B #2BB43B #2B5FB4

split-complementary

#B42BA4 #5FB42B #2BB47F

monochromatic

#51134A #831F77 #B42BA4 #D349C3 #DF7AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B42BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B42BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BA4

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BA4	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B70A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.213 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74bf',
    500: '#b42ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ba4;
$custom-light: #ce74bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.007,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54891,
    "c": 0.21307,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BA4

secondary

#73C77D

accent

#E55643

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BA4

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

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