#BB42B6#BB42B6

#BB42B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.204 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42B6
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(302, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 62.27, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 72.72, 328.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1756 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.204 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8850, 17.8408, 46.0638)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42B6 #42BB47

analogous

#8342BB #BB42B6 #BB427A

triadic

#BB42B6 #B6BB42 #42B6BB

tetradic

#BB42B6 #BB8342 #42BB47 #427ABB

square

#BB42B6 #BB8342 #42BB47 #427ABB

split-complementary

#BB42B6 #7ABB42 #42BB83

monochromatic

#61225E #8E328A #BB42B6 #CC6EC8 #DC9CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BB42B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BB42B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB42B6

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB42B6	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.204 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fcc',
    500: '#bb42b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42b6;
$custom-light: #d37fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.479,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58945,
    "c": 0.20379,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42B6

secondary

#91C893

accent

#D75650

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42B6

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

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