#BB42C1#BB42C1

#BB42C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.213 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42C1
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 65.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 64.14, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 77.24, 326.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1761 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.213 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0667, 18.3135, 52.2876)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42C1 #48C142

analogous

#7B42C1 #BB42C1 #C14288

triadic

#BB42C1 #C1BB42 #42C1BB

tetradic

#BB42C1 #C17B42 #48C142 #4288C1

square

#BB42C1 #C17B42 #48C142 #4288C1

split-complementary

#BB42C1 #88C142 #42C17B

monochromatic

#642267 #903195 #BB42C1 #CC70D0 #DC9EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB42C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42C1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42C1	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0557C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.213 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d4',
    500: '#bb42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42c1;
$custom-light: #d380d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.165,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59544,
    "c": 0.21274,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42C1

secondary

#96CC93

accent

#DA4E54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42C1

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

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