#B42EA7#B42EA7

#B42EA7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.212 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA7
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(306, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(306, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 7.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 65.39, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 74.54, 331.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.188 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.212 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7745, 14.4495, 37.9306)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA7 #2EB43B

analogous

#7E2EB4 #B42EA7 #B42E64

triadic

#B42EA7 #A7B42E #2EA7B4

tetradic

#B42EA7 #B47E2E #2EB43B #2E64B4

square

#B42EA7 #B47E2E #2EB43B #2E64B4

split-complementary

#B42EA7 #64B42E #2EB47E

monochromatic

#53154D #83227A #B42EA7 #D24EC5 #DE7ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B42EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B42EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA7

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA7	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A71A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.212 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c1',
    500: '#b42ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea7;
$custom-light: #ce75c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.821,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55282,
    "c": 0.21218,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA7

secondary

#77C77F

accent

#E25545

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA7

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

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