#B42FB5#B42FB5

#B42FB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.222 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42FB5
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 181)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 74%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 67.30, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 79.69, 327.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1873 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.222 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1790, 15.0746, 45.1326)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42FB5 #30B52F

analogous

#712FB5 #B42FB5 #B52F73

triadic

#B42FB5 #B5B42F #2FB5B4

tetradic

#B42FB5 #B5712F #30B52F #2F73B5

square

#B42FB5 #B5712F #30B52F #2F73B5

split-complementary

#B42FB5 #73B52F #2FB571

monochromatic

#531654 #842284 #B42FB5 #D150D1 #DD80DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B42FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B42FB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42FB5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42FB5	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F61B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.222 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce76cc',
    500: '#b42fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42fb5;
$custom-light: #ce76cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.552,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56146,
    "c": 0.22158,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42FB5

secondary

#79C779

accent

#E24647

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42FB5

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

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