#BB42BD#BB42BD

#BB42BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.209 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42BD
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 65.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 63.45, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 75.58, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.176 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.209 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6265, 18.1374, 49.9693)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42BD #44BD42

analogous

#7D42BD #BB42BD #BD4282

triadic

#BB42BD #BDBB42 #42BDBB

tetradic

#BB42BD #BD7D42 #44BD42 #4282BD

square

#BB42BD #BD7D42 #44BD42 #4282BD

split-complementary

#BB42BD #82BD42 #42BD7D

monochromatic

#612262 #8E3290 #BB42BD #CB6FCD #DC9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB42BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB42BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42BD

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42BD	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.209 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d1',
    500: '#bb42bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42bd;
$custom-light: #d380d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.024,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59322,
    "c": 0.20945,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42BD

secondary

#93C992

accent

#D85052

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42BD

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

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