#BB42A5#BB42A5

#BB42A5 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.191 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42A5
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(311, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(311, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 59.55, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 66.17, 334.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1738 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.191 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2336, 17.1803, 37.3665)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42A5 #42BB58

analogous

#9542BB #BB42A5 #BB4269

triadic

#BB42A5 #A5BB42 #42A5BB

tetradic

#BB42A5 #BB9542 #42BB58 #4269BB

square

#BB42A5 #BB9542 #42BB58 #4269BB

split-complementary

#BB42A5 #69BB42 #42BB95

monochromatic

#612255 #8E327D #BB42A5 #CC6EBB #DC9CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BB42A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BB42A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB42A5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB42A5	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4368A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4496D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.191 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc0',
    500: '#bb42a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42a5;
$custom-light: #d37fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58087,
    "c": 0.1907,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42A5

secondary

#91C89B

accent

#D76950

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42A5

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

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