#B42BB3#B42BB3

#B42BB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.224 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BB3
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(300, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 0.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 68.18, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 80.26, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.1908 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.224 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8226, 14.6878, 44.0087)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BB3 #2BB42C

analogous

#702BB4 #B42BB3 #B42B6E

triadic

#B42BB3 #B3B42B #2BB3B4

tetradic

#B42BB3 #B4702B #2BB42C #2B6EB4

square

#B42BB3 #B4702B #2BB42C #2B6EB4

split-complementary

#B42BB3 #6EB42B #2BB470

monochromatic

#511351 #831F82 #B42BB3 #D349D2 #DF7ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B42BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B42BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BB3

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BB3	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0960B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5371B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA416E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.224 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74ca',
    500: '#b42bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42bb3;
$custom-light: #ce74ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.438,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5573,
    "c": 0.22398,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BB3

secondary

#73C774

accent

#E54443

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BB3

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

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