#BB42BA#BB42BA

#BB42BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.207 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42BA
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 62.94, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 74.34, 327.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1758 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.207 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3043, 18.0085, 48.2720)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42BA #42BB43

analogous

#8042BB #BB42BA #BB427E

triadic

#BB42BA #BABB42 #42BABB

tetradic

#BB42BA #BB8042 #42BB43 #427EBB

square

#BB42BA #BB8042 #42BB43 #427EBB

split-complementary

#BB42BA #7EBB42 #42BB80

monochromatic

#612260 #8E328D #BB42BA #CC6ECB #DC9CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BB42BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB42BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42BA

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42BA	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.207 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fcf',
    500: '#bb42ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42ba;
$custom-light: #d37fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.496,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59159,
    "c": 0.20702,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42BA

secondary

#91C891

accent

#D75150

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42BA

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

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