#B42BB6#B42BB6

#B42BB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.226 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BB6
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 182)
HSL	hsl(299, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 68.66, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 81.47, 327.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1907 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.226 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1294, 14.8105, 45.6240)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BB6 #2DB62B

analogous

#6F2BB6 #B42BB6 #B62B73

triadic

#B42BB6 #B6B42B #2BB6B4

tetradic

#B42BB6 #B66F2B #2DB62B #2B73B6

square

#B42BB6 #B66F2B #2DB62B #2B73B6

split-complementary

#B42BB6 #73B62B #2BB66F

monochromatic

#521453 #831F84 #B42BB6 #D24AD4 #DE7BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#B42BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#B42BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BB6

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BB6	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5171B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.226 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74cc',
    500: '#b42bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42bb6;
$custom-light: #ce74cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.137,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55906,
    "c": 0.22622,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BB6

secondary

#76C875

accent

#E54345

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BB6

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

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