#BB42B9#BB42B9

#BB42B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.206 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42B9
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 62.77, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 73.93, 328.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1758 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.206 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1983, 17.9662, 47.7141)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42B9 #42BB44

analogous

#8142BB #BB42B9 #BB427C

triadic

#BB42B9 #B9BB42 #42B9BB

tetradic

#BB42B9 #BB8142 #42BB44 #427CBB

square

#BB42B9 #BB8142 #42BB44 #427CBB

split-complementary

#BB42B9 #7CBB42 #42BB81

monochromatic

#61225F #8E328C #BB42B9 #CC6ECA #DC9CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BB42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BB42B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42B9

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42B9	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.206 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fce',
    500: '#bb42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42b9;
$custom-light: #d37fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.992,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59105,
    "c": 0.2062,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42B9

secondary

#91C892

accent

#D75350

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42B9

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

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