#BB42A7#BB42A7

#BB42A7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.192 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42A7
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 167)
HSL	hsl(310, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(310, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 10.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 59.86, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 66.90, 333.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1741 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.192 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4170, 17.2536, 38.3327)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42A7 #42BB56

analogous

#9242BB #BB42A7 #BB426B

triadic

#BB42A7 #A7BB42 #42A7BB

tetradic

#BB42A7 #BB9242 #42BB56 #426BBB

square

#BB42A7 #BB9242 #42BB56 #426BBB

split-complementary

#BB42A7 #6BBB42 #42BB92

monochromatic

#612256 #8E327F #BB42A7 #CC6EBC #DC9CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB42A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB42A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB42A7

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB42A7	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4268AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.192 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc1',
    500: '#bb42a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42a7;
$custom-light: #d37fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.917,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58183,
    "c": 0.19218,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42A7

secondary

#91C89A

accent

#D76750

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42A7

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

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