#B42BA5#B42BA5

#B42BA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.214 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BA5
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 66.00, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 74.83, 331.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1906 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.214 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4780, 14.1499, 36.9267)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BA5 #2BB43A

analogous

#7E2BB4 #B42BA5 #B42B60

triadic

#B42BA5 #A5B42B #2BA5B4

tetradic

#B42BA5 #B47E2B #2BB43A #2B60B4

square

#B42BA5 #B47E2B #2BB43A #2B60B4

split-complementary

#B42BA5 #60B42B #2BB47E

monochromatic

#51134A #831F78 #B42BA5 #D349C4 #DF7AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B42BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B42BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BA5

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BA5	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A70A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.214 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c0',
    500: '#b42ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ba5;
$custom-light: #ce74c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.569,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54945,
    "c": 0.21378,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BA5

secondary

#73C77D

accent

#E55543

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BA5

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

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