#B42FA3#B42FA3

#B42FA3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.208 H 333.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42FA3
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 9.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 64.47, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 72.67, 332.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.1869 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.208 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4500, 14.3829, 36.0264)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42FA3 #2FB440

analogous

#832FB4 #B42FA3 #B42F61

triadic

#B42FA3 #A3B42F #2FA3B4

tetradic

#B42FA3 #B4832F #2FB440 #2F61B4

square

#B42FA3 #B4832F #2FB440 #2F61B4

split-complementary

#B42FA3 #61B42F #2FB483

monochromatic

#53164B #832277 #B42FA3 #D14FC0 #DE80D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B42FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B42FA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42FA3

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42FA3	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D71A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.208 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75be',
    500: '#b42fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42fa3;
$custom-light: #ce75be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.669,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55149,
    "c": 0.20825,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42FA3

secondary

#78C782

accent

#E25A46

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42FA3

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

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