#B42BB0#B42BB0

#B42BB0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.222 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BB0
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 176)
HSL	hsl(302, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(302, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 2.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 67.70, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 79.07, 328.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1908 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.222 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5225, 14.5678, 42.4282)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BB0 #2BB42F

analogous

#732BB4 #B42BB0 #B42B6B

triadic

#B42BB0 #B0B42B #2BB0B4

tetradic

#B42BB0 #B4732B #2BB42F #2B6BB4

square

#B42BB0 #B4732B #2BB42F #2B6BB4

split-complementary

#B42BB0 #6BB42B #2BB473

monochromatic

#51134F #831F80 #B42BB0 #D349CF #DF7ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B42BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B42BB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BB0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BB0	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#125FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5471AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA406C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.222 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c8',
    500: '#b42bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42bb0;
$custom-light: #ce74c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.752,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55557,
    "c": 0.22176,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BB0

secondary

#73C776

accent

#E54843

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BB0

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

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