#B42DB6#B42DB6

#B42DB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.224 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42DB6
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 182)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 68.07, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 80.79, 327.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.189 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.224 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2039, 14.9595, 45.6489)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42DB6 #2FB62D

analogous

#702DB6 #B42DB6 #B62D74

triadic

#B42DB6 #B6B42D #2DB6B4

tetradic

#B42DB6 #B6702D #2FB62D #2D74B6

square

#B42DB6 #B6702D #2FB62D #2D74B6

split-complementary

#B42DB6 #74B62D #2DB670

monochromatic

#531554 #832185 #B42DB6 #D14DD3 #DE7EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B42DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B42DB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42DB6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42DB6	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0461BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5272B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.224 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75cc',
    500: '#b42db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42db6;
$custom-light: #ce75cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.124,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56052,
    "c": 0.22432,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42DB6

secondary

#78C877

accent

#E34447

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42DB6

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

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