#B42BBA#B42BBA

#B42BBA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.229 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BBA
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 186)
HSL	hsl(297, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(297, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 76.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 69.32, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 83.09, 326.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1905 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.229 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5486, 14.9782, 47.8323)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BBA #31BA2B

analogous

#6D2BBA #B42BBA #BA2B78

triadic

#B42BBA #BAB42B #2BBAB4

tetradic

#B42BBA #BA6D2B #31BA2B #2B78BA

square

#B42BBA #BA6D2B #31BA2B #2B78BA

split-complementary

#B42BBA #78BA2B #2BBA6D

monochromatic

#541457 #842088 #B42BBA #D04CD6 #DD7EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B42BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B42BBA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BBA

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BBA	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E72B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.229 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf74cf',
    500: '#b42bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42bba;
$custom-light: #cf74cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.483,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56144,
    "c": 0.22924,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BBA

secondary

#7BCA77

accent

#E64249

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140914

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BBA

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

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