#B42CA7#B42CA7

#B42CA7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.214 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42CA7
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 167)
HSL	hsl(306, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(306, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 7.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 66.01, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 75.24, 331.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1898 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.214 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6982, 14.2969, 37.9052)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42CA7 #2CB439

analogous

#7D2CB4 #B42CA7 #B42C63

triadic

#B42CA7 #A7B42C #2CA7B4

tetradic

#B42CA7 #B47D2C #2CB439 #2C63B4

square

#B42CA7 #B47D2C #2CB439 #2C63B4

split-complementary

#B42CA7 #63B42C #2CB47D

monochromatic

#52144C #832079 #B42CA7 #D34AC6 #DF7CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#B42CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B42CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42CA7

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42CA7	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A70A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.214 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c1',
    500: '#b42ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ca7;
$custom-light: #ce74c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.735,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55128,
    "c": 0.21422,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42CA7

secondary

#75C77D

accent

#E45344

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42CA7

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

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