#B42DA8#B42DA8

#B42DA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.214 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42DA8
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(305, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 65.86, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 75.28, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.189 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.214 332)
XYZ	xyz(26.8287, 14.4094, 38.4065)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42DA8 #2DB439

analogous

#7D2DB4 #B42DA8 #B42D65

triadic

#B42DA8 #A8B42D #2DA8B4

tetradic

#B42DA8 #B47D2D #2DB439 #2D65B4

square

#B42DA8 #B47D2D #2DB439 #2D65B4

split-complementary

#B42DA8 #65B42D #2DB47D

monochromatic

#52154D #83217A #B42DA8 #D24CC6 #DE7DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B42DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B42DA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42DA8

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42DA8	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5971A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.214 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce74c2',
    500: '#b42da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42da8;
$custom-light: #ce74c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55259,
    "c": 0.21393,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.14407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42DA8

secondary

#76C77D

accent

#E35345

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42DA8

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

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