#B42FA9#B42FA9

#B42FA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.213 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42FA9
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 6.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 65.39, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 74.94, 330.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1872 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.213 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0004, 14.6031, 38.9250)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42FA9 #2FB43A

analogous

#7C2FB4 #B42FA9 #B42F67

triadic

#B42FA9 #A9B42F #2FA9B4

tetradic

#B42FA9 #B47C2F #2FB43A #2F67B4

square

#B42FA9 #B47C2F #2FB43A #2F67B4

split-complementary

#B42FA9 #67B42F #2FB47C

monochromatic

#53164E #83227B #B42FA9 #D14FC6 #DE80D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B42FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B42FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42FA9

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42FA9	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A71A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.213 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75c3',
    500: '#b42fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42fa9;
$custom-light: #ce75c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.962,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5547,
    "c": 0.2126,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42FA9

secondary

#78C77F

accent

#E25346

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42FA9

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

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