#BB42B8#BB42B8

#BB42B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.205 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42B8
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 184)
HSL	hsl(301, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 62.60, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 73.53, 328.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1757 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.205 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0931, 17.9241, 47.1601)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42B8 #42BB45

analogous

#8242BB #BB42B8 #BB427B

triadic

#BB42B8 #B8BB42 #42B8BB

tetradic

#BB42B8 #BB8242 #42BB45 #427BBB

square

#BB42B8 #BB8242 #42BB45 #427BBB

split-complementary

#BB42B8 #7BBB42 #42BB82

monochromatic

#61225F #8E328B #BB42B8 #CC6ECA #DC9CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB42B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BB42B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42B8

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42B8	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.205 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fce',
    500: '#bb42b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42b8;
$custom-light: #d37fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.488,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59052,
    "c": 0.20539,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42B8

secondary

#91C892

accent

#D75450

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42B8

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

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