#B42EA4#B42EA4

#B42EA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.210 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA4
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 64.94, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 73.41, 332.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.1879 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.21 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5004, 14.3399, 36.4869)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA4 #2EB43E

analogous

#812EB4 #B42EA4 #B42E61

triadic

#B42EA4 #A4B42E #2EA4B4

tetradic

#B42EA4 #B4812E #2EB43E #2E61B4

square

#B42EA4 #B4812E #2EB43E #2E61B4

split-complementary

#B42EA4 #61B42E #2EB481

monochromatic

#53154B #832278 #B42EA4 #D24EC2 #DE7ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#B42EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B42EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA4

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA4	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C71A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.210 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75bf',
    500: '#b42ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea4;
$custom-light: #ce75bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.164,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55121,
    "c": 0.21002,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA4

secondary

#77C781

accent

#E25845

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA4

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

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