#B42EA2#B42EA2

#B42EA2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.209 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA2
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(308, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 10%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 64.63, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 72.66, 332.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1877 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.209 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3212, 14.2682, 35.5432)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA2 #2EB440

analogous

#832EB4 #B42EA2 #B42E5F

triadic

#B42EA2 #A2B42E #2EA2B4

tetradic

#B42EA2 #B4832E #2EB440 #2E5FB4

square

#B42EA2 #B4832E #2EB440 #2E5FB4

split-complementary

#B42EA2 #5FB42E #2EB483

monochromatic

#53154A #832276 #B42EA2 #D24EC0 #DE7ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B42EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B42EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA2

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA2	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.209 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75be',
    500: '#b42ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea2;
$custom-light: #ce75be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.06,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55016,
    "c": 0.2086,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA2

secondary

#77C782

accent

#E25A45

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA2

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

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