#B42EA3#B42EA3

#B42EA3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.209 H 333.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA3
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(308, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 9.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 64.78, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 73.03, 332.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.1878 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.209 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4105, 14.3039, 36.0132)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA3 #2EB43F

analogous

#822EB4 #B42EA3 #B42E60

triadic

#B42EA3 #A3B42E #2EA3B4

tetradic

#B42EA3 #B4822E #2EB43F #2E60B4

square

#B42EA3 #B4822E #2EB43F #2E60B4

split-complementary

#B42EA3 #60B42E #2EB482

monochromatic

#53154B #832277 #B42EA3 #D24EC1 #DE7ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#B42EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B42EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA3

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA3	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C70A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.209 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75be',
    500: '#b42ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea3;
$custom-light: #ce75be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.612,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55068,
    "c": 0.2093,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA3

secondary

#77C781

accent

#E25945

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA3

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

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