#B42EDB#B42EDB

#B42EDB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.252 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42EDB
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 79%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 74.19, -61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 96.11, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1846 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.252 317)
XYZ	xyz(32.5837, 16.7732, 68.5253)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42EDB #55DB2E

analogous

#5E2EDB #B42EDB #DB2EAC

triadic

#B42EDB #DBB42E #2EDBB4

tetradic

#B42EDB #DB5E2E #55DB2E #2EACDB

square

#B42EDB #DB5E2E #55DB2E #2EACDB

split-complementary

#B42EDB #ACDB2E #2EDB5E

monochromatic

#63157A #8D1EAE #B42EDB #C762E4 #D996ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B42EDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B42EDB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42EDB

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42EDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42EDB	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3076D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.252 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf77e7',
    500: '#b42edb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42edb;
$custom-light: #cf77e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.474,
    "s": 70.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58478,
    "c": 0.25246,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.16772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42EDB

secondary

#9ED88D

accent

#ED3A63

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42EDB

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

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