#B42CA1#B42CA1

#B42CA1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.210 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42CA1
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(308, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(308, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 10.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 65.10, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 73.00, 333.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1895 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.21 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1564, 14.0802, 35.0515)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42CA1 #2CB43F

analogous

#832CB4 #B42CA1 #B42C5D

triadic

#B42CA1 #A1B42C #2CA1B4

tetradic

#B42CA1 #B4832C #2CB43F #2C5DB4

square

#B42CA1 #B4832C #2CB43F #2C5DB4

split-complementary

#B42CA1 #5DB42C #2CB483

monochromatic

#521449 #832075 #B42CA1 #D34AC0 #DF7CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B42CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B42CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42CA1

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42CA1	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.210 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74bd',
    500: '#b42ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ca1;
$custom-light: #ce74bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.382,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54807,
    "c": 0.20996,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42CA1

secondary

#75C780

accent

#E45A44

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42CA1

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

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