#B42CB6#B42CB6

#B42CB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.225 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42CB6
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 182)
HSL	hsl(299, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 68.37, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 81.13, 327.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1899 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.225 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1662, 14.8841, 45.6363)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42CB6 #2EB62C

analogous

#6F2CB6 #B42CB6 #B62C73

triadic

#B42CB6 #B6B42C #2CB6B4

tetradic

#B42CB6 #B66F2C #2EB62C #2C73B6

square

#B42CB6 #B66F2C #2EB62C #2C73B6

split-complementary

#B42CB6 #73B62C #2CB66F

monochromatic

#531453 #832085 #B42CB6 #D24CD4 #DE7DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B42CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B42CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42CB6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42CB6	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0161BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5172B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.225 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75cc',
    500: '#b42cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42cb6;
$custom-light: #ce75cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55978,
    "c": 0.22528,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42CB6

secondary

#77C876

accent

#E44446

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42CB6

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

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