#BB42C3#BB42C3

#BB42C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.214 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42C3
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 64.48, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 78.08, 325.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1762 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.214 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2913, 18.4034, 53.4705)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42C3 #4AC342

analogous

#7A42C3 #BB42C3 #C3428A

triadic

#BB42C3 #C3BB42 #42C3BB

tetradic

#BB42C3 #C37A42 #4AC342 #428AC3

square

#BB42C3 #C37A42 #4AC342 #428AC3

split-complementary

#BB42C3 #8AC342 #42C37A

monochromatic

#652169 #913098 #BB42C3 #CC70D2 #DC9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BB42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BB42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42C3

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42C3	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.214 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d6',
    500: '#bb42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42c3;
$custom-light: #d380d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.279,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59656,
    "c": 0.2144,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42C3

secondary

#97CD94

accent

#DB4D55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42C3

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

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