#B42EA5#B42EA5

#B42EA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.211 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA5
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 65.09, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 73.78, 331.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1879 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.211 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5911, 14.3762, 36.9644)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA5 #2EB43D

analogous

#802EB4 #B42EA5 #B42E62

triadic

#B42EA5 #A5B42E #2EA5B4

tetradic

#B42EA5 #B4802E #2EB43D #2E62B4

square

#B42EA5 #B4802E #2EB43D #2E62B4

split-complementary

#B42EA5 #62B42E #2EB480

monochromatic

#53154C #832278 #B42EA5 #D24EC3 #DE7ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B42EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B42EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA5	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B71A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.211 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c0',
    500: '#b42ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea5;
$custom-light: #ce75c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.716,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55175,
    "c": 0.21074,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA5

secondary

#77C780

accent

#E25745

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA5

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

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