#B42BB1#B42BB1

#B42BB1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.223 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BB1
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 177)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 1.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 67.86, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 79.47, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1908 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.223 329)
XYZ	xyz(27.6218, 14.6075, 42.9512)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BB1 #2BB42E

analogous

#722BB4 #B42BB1 #B42B6C

triadic

#B42BB1 #B1B42B #2BB1B4

tetradic

#B42BB1 #B4722B #2BB42E #2B6CB4

square

#B42BB1 #B4722B #2BB42E #2B6CB4

split-complementary

#B42BB1 #6CB42B #2BB472

monochromatic

#511350 #831F80 #B42BB1 #D349D0 #DF7ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B42BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B42BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BB1

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BB1	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F5FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5471AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA406D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.223 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c9',
    500: '#b42bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42bb1;
$custom-light: #ce74c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.314,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55614,
    "c": 0.2225,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.14605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BB1

secondary

#73C775

accent

#E54743

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BB1

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

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