#BB42BB#BB42BB

#BB42BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.208 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42BB
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 63.11, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 74.75, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1759 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.208 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4109, 18.0512, 48.8339)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42BB #42BB42

analogous

#7F42BB #BB42BB #BB427F

triadic

#BB42BB #BBBB42 #42BBBB

tetradic

#BB42BB #BB7F42 #42BB42 #427FBB

square

#BB42BB #BB7F42 #42BB42 #427FBB

split-complementary

#BB42BB #7FBB42 #42BB7F

monochromatic

#612261 #8E328E #BB42BB #CC6ECC #DC9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BB42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BB42BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42BB

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42BB	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.208 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fd0',
    500: '#bb42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42bb;
$custom-light: #d37fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59213,
    "c": 0.20782,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42BB

secondary

#91C891

accent

#D75050

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42BB

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

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