#B42ED3#B42ED3

#B42ED3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.246 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42ED3
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 211)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 72.74, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 92.64, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1858 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.246 319)
XYZ	xyz(31.5557, 16.3620, 63.1114)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42ED3 #4DD32E

analogous

#612ED3 #B42ED3 #D32EA0

triadic

#B42ED3 #D3B42E #2ED3B4

tetradic

#B42ED3 #D3612E #4DD32E #2EA0D3

square

#B42ED3 #D3612E #4DD32E #2EA0D3

split-complementary

#B42ED3 #A0D32E #2ED361

monochromatic

#5F176F #8A22A2 #B42ED3 #C661DE #D893E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B42ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B42ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42ED3

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42ED3	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A75CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.246 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf77e1',
    500: '#b42ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42ed3;
$custom-light: #cf77e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.727,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5794,
    "c": 0.24603,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.1636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42ED3

secondary

#97D38A

accent

#E8405F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42ED3

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

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