#B42FA4#B42FA4

#B42FA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.209 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42FA4
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 64.62, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 73.04, 332.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% 0.1869 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.209 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5399, 14.4189, 36.5001)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42FA4 #2FB43F

analogous

#822FB4 #B42FA4 #B42F62

triadic

#B42FA4 #A4B42F #2FA4B4

tetradic

#B42FA4 #B4822F #2FB43F #2F62B4

square

#B42FA4 #B4822F #2FB43F #2F62B4

split-complementary

#B42FA4 #62B42F #2FB482

monochromatic

#53164C #832278 #B42FA4 #D14FC1 #DE80D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B42FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B42FA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42FA4

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42FA4	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C71A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.209 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75bf',
    500: '#b42fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42fa4;
$custom-light: #ce75bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.218,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55201,
    "c": 0.20897,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42FA4

secondary

#78C782

accent

#E25946

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42FA4

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

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