#B42CB7#B42CB7

#B42CB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.226 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42CB7
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 183)
HSL	hsl(299, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 76%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 68.53, -44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 81.54, 327.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1898 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.226 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2699, 14.9256, 46.1825)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42CB7 #2FB72C

analogous

#6F2CB7 #B42CB7 #B72C75

triadic

#B42CB7 #B7B42C #2CB7B4

tetradic

#B42CB7 #B76F2C #2FB72C #2C75B7

square

#B42CB7 #B76F2C #2FB72C #2C75B7

split-complementary

#B42CB7 #75B72C #2CB76F

monochromatic

#531454 #832086 #B42CB7 #D14CD4 #DE7EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#B42CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B42CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42CB7

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42CB7	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5172B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.226 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75cd',
    500: '#b42cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42cb7;
$custom-light: #ce75cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.705,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56037,
    "c": 0.22603,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42CB7

secondary

#78C876

accent

#E44347

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42CB7

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

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