#B42CB2#B42CB2

#B42CB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.222 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42CB2
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 67.73, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 79.53, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.19 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.222 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7587, 14.7211, 43.4903)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42CB2 #2CB42E

analogous

#722CB4 #B42CB2 #B42C6E

triadic

#B42CB2 #B2B42C #2CB2B4

tetradic

#B42CB2 #B4722C #2CB42E #2C6EB4

square

#B42CB2 #B4722C #2CB42E #2C6EB4

split-complementary

#B42CB2 #6EB42C #2CB472

monochromatic

#521451 #832081 #B42CB2 #D34AD1 #DF7CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#B42CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B42CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42CB2

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42CB2	1.00	5.32	3.94	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F60B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5471AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA416E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.222 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c9',
    500: '#b42cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42cb2;
$custom-light: #ce75c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55745,
    "c": 0.22228,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42CB2

secondary

#75C776

accent

#E44644

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42CB2

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

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