#B42EAE#B42EAE

#B42EAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.217 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EAE
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(303, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 66.48, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 77.25, 329.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1882 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.217 330)
XYZ	xyz(27.4392, 14.7154, 41.4314)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EAE #2EB434

analogous

#772EB4 #B42EAE #B42E6B

triadic

#B42EAE #AEB42E #2EAEB4

tetradic

#B42EAE #B4772E #2EB434 #2E6BB4

square

#B42EAE #B4772E #2EB434 #2E6BB4

split-complementary

#B42EAE #6BB42E #2EB477

monochromatic

#531550 #83227F #B42EAE #D24ECC #DE7EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B42EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B42EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EAE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EAE	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C60B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5771AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB416C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.217 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c6',
    500: '#b42eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42eae;
$custom-light: #ce75c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.687,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55668,
    "c": 0.21732,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.14713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EAE

secondary

#77C77B

accent

#E24C45

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EAE

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

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