#B42BC6#B42BC6

#B42BC6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.238 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42BC6
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 198)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 71.33, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 88.07, 324.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1896 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.238 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8783, 15.5101, 54.8351)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42BC6 #3DC62B

analogous

#662BC6 #B42BC6 #C62B8B

triadic

#B42BC6 #C6B42B #2BC6B4

tetradic

#B42BC6 #C6662B #3DC62B #2B8BC6

square

#B42BC6 #C6662B #3DC62B #2B8BC6

split-complementary

#B42BC6 #8BC62B #2BC666

monochromatic

#591561 #862094 #B42BC6 #CA54DA #DA87E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B42BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B42BC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42BC6

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42BC6	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4573C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.238 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf75d8',
    500: '#b42bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42bc6;
$custom-light: #cf75d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.032,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56886,
    "c": 0.23844,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42BC6

secondary

#88CE7F

accent

#E74054

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140914

muted

#837B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42BC6

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

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