#B42CC7#B42CC7

#B42CC7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.238 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42CC7
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 199)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 71.22, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 88.17, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1888 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.238 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0308, 15.6300, 55.4569)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42CC7 #3FC72C

analogous

#662CC7 #B42CC7 #C72C8D

triadic

#B42CC7 #C7B42C #2CC7B4

tetradic

#B42CC7 #C7662C #3FC72C #2C8DC7

square

#B42CC7 #C7662C #3FC72C #2C8DC7

split-complementary

#B42CC7 #8DC72C #2CC766

monochromatic

#591663 #872195 #B42CC7 #CA56DA #DA89E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B42CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B42CC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42CC7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42CC7	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4573C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.238 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf75d9',
    500: '#b42cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42cc7;
$custom-light: #cf75d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.645,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57019,
    "c": 0.23833,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42CC7

secondary

#8ACF80

accent

#E74155

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42CC7

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

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