#B42FA5#B42FA5

#B42FA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.210 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42FA5
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 64.77, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 73.42, 331.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.187 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.21 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6306, 14.4552, 36.9776)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42FA5 #2FB43E

analogous

#812FB4 #B42FA5 #B42F63

triadic

#B42FA5 #A5B42F #2FA5B4

tetradic

#B42FA5 #B4812F #2FB43E #2F63B4

square

#B42FA5 #B4812F #2FB43E #2F63B4

split-complementary

#B42FA5 #63B42F #2FB481

monochromatic

#53164C #832279 #B42FA5 #D14FC2 #DE80D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B42FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B42FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42FA5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42FA5	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C71A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.210 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c0',
    500: '#b42fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42fa5;
$custom-light: #ce75c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.767,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55255,
    "c": 0.20968,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42FA5

secondary

#78C781

accent

#E25846

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42FA5

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

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