#B42EA6#B42EA6

#B42EA6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.211 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA6
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(306, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(306, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 7.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 65.24, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 74.16, 331.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.188 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.211 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6824, 14.4127, 37.4456)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA6 #2EB43C

analogous

#7F2EB4 #B42EA6 #B42E63

triadic

#B42EA6 #A6B42E #2EA6B4

tetradic

#B42EA6 #B47F2E #2EB43C #2E63B4

square

#B42EA6 #B47F2E #2EB43C #2E63B4

split-complementary

#B42EA6 #63B42E #2EB47F

monochromatic

#53154C #832279 #B42EA6 #D24EC4 #DE7ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B42EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B42EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA6	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B71A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.211 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c1',
    500: '#b42ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea6;
$custom-light: #ce75c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.269,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55228,
    "c": 0.21146,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA6

secondary

#77C77F

accent

#E25645

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA6

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

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