#BB42BC#BB42BC

#BB42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.209 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42BC
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 63.28, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 75.16, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1759 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.209 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5184, 18.0942, 49.3996)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42BC #43BC42

analogous

#7E42BC #BB42BC #BC4280

triadic

#BB42BC #BCBB42 #42BCBB

tetradic

#BB42BC #BC7E42 #43BC42 #4280BC

square

#BB42BC #BC7E42 #43BC42 #4280BC

split-complementary

#BB42BC #80BC42 #42BC7E

monochromatic

#612261 #8E328F #BB42BC #CC6FCC #DC9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BB42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BB42BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42BC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42BC	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.209 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d0',
    500: '#bb42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42bc;
$custom-light: #d380d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.508,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59268,
    "c": 0.20864,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42BC

secondary

#92C991

accent

#D85051

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42BC

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

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