#B42F9E#B42F9E

#B42F9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.205 H 335.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42F9E
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 158)
HSL	hsl(310, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(310, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 63.72, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 70.84, 334.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.1865 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.205 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0108, 14.2073, 33.7135)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42F9E #2FB445

analogous

#882FB4 #B42F9E #B42F5C

triadic

#B42F9E #9EB42F #2F9EB4

tetradic

#B42F9E #B4882F #2FB445 #2F5CB4

square

#B42F9E #B4882F #2FB445 #2F5CB4

split-complementary

#B42F9E #5CB42F #2FB488

monochromatic

#531649 #832273 #B42F9E #D14FBC #DE80CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#B42F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#B42F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42F9E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42F9E	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F709B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.205 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75bb',
    500: '#b42f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42f9e;
$custom-light: #ce75bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.925,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54889,
    "c": 0.20471,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42F9E

secondary

#78C785

accent

#E26046

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42F9E

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

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