#B42EA9#B42EA9

#B42EA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.214 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EA9
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 6.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 65.70, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 75.30, 330.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1881 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.214 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9608, 14.5241, 38.9119)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EA9 #2EB439

analogous

#7C2EB4 #B42EA9 #B42E66

triadic

#B42EA9 #A9B42E #2EA9B4

tetradic

#B42EA9 #B47C2E #2EB439 #2E66B4

square

#B42EA9 #B47C2E #2EB439 #2E66B4

split-complementary

#B42EA9 #66B42E #2EB47C

monochromatic

#53154D #83227B #B42EA9 #D24EC7 #DE7ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B42EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B42EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EA9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EA9	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5971A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.214 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c3',
    500: '#b42ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ea9;
$custom-light: #ce75c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.925,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55391,
    "c": 0.21363,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EA9

secondary

#77C77E

accent

#E25245

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EA9

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

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