#B42E9E#B42E9E

#B42E9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.206 H 335.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E9E
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(310, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(310, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 64.04, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 71.20, 334.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1874 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.206 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9713, 14.1283, 33.7003)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E9E #2EB444

analogous

#872EB4 #B42E9E #B42E5B

triadic

#B42E9E #9EB42E #2E9EB4

tetradic

#B42E9E #B4872E #2EB444 #2E5BB4

square

#B42E9E #B4872E #2EB444 #2E5BB4

split-complementary

#B42E9E #5BB42E #2EB487

monochromatic

#531548 #832273 #B42E9E #D24EBC #DE7ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B42E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B42E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E9E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E9E	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F709B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.206 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75bb',
    500: '#b42e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e9e;
$custom-light: #ce75bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.851,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54808,
    "c": 0.20578,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E9E

secondary

#77C784

accent

#E25F45

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E9E

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

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