#B42EA1#B42EA1

#B42EA1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.208 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA1
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 10.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 64.48, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 72.29, 333.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1877 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.208 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2327, 14.2328, 35.0769)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA1 #2EB441

analogous

#842EB4 #B42EA1 #B42E5E

triadic

#B42EA1 #A1B42E #2EA1B4

tetradic

#B42EA1 #B4842E #2EB441 #2E5EB4

square

#B42EA1 #B4842E #2EB441 #2E5EB4

split-complementary

#B42EA1 #5EB42E #2EB484

monochromatic

#53154A #832275 #B42EA1 #D24EBF #DE7ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B42EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B42EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA1

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA1	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.208 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75bd',
    500: '#b42ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea1;
$custom-light: #ce75bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.507,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54963,
    "c": 0.20789,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA1

secondary

#77C782

accent

#E25C45

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA1

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

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