#B42BB2#B42BB2

#B42BB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.223 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BB2
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 68.02, -41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 79.86, 328.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1908 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.223 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7219, 14.6475, 43.4780)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BB2 #2BB42D

analogous

#712BB4 #B42BB2 #B42B6D

triadic

#B42BB2 #B2B42B #2BB2B4

tetradic

#B42BB2 #B4712B #2BB42D #2B6DB4

square

#B42BB2 #B4712B #2BB42D #2B6DB4

split-complementary

#B42BB2 #6DB42B #2BB471

monochromatic

#511350 #831F81 #B42BB2 #D349D1 #DF7ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#B42BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B42BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BB2

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BB2	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C5FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5371AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA416D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.223 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c9',
    500: '#b42bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42bb2;
$custom-light: #ce74c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.876,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55672,
    "c": 0.22324,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BB2

secondary

#73C775

accent

#E54643

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BB2

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

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