#B42DB3#B42DB3

#B42DB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.222 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42DB3
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 0.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, 67.59, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 79.59, 328.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1891 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.222 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8972, 14.8368, 44.0336)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42DB3 #2DB42E

analogous

#712DB4 #B42DB3 #B42D70

triadic

#B42DB3 #B3B42D #2DB3B4

tetradic

#B42DB3 #B4712D #2DB42E #2D70B4

square

#B42DB3 #B4712D #2DB42E #2D70B4

split-complementary

#B42DB3 #70B42D #2DB471

monochromatic

#521552 #832182 #B42DB3 #D24CD1 #DE7DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#B42DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B42DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42DB3

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42DB3	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F60B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA426E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.222 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75ca',
    500: '#b42db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42db3;
$custom-light: #ce75ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.444,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55877,
    "c": 0.22206,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42DB3

secondary

#76C776

accent

#E34645

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42DB3

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

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