#BB42C4#BB42C4

#BB42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.215 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42C4
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 64.66, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 78.50, 325.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1762 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.215 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4048, 18.4487, 54.0680)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42C4 #4BC442

analogous

#7A42C4 #BB42C4 #C4428C

triadic

#BB42C4 #C4BB42 #42C4BB

tetradic

#BB42C4 #C47A42 #4BC442 #428CC4

square

#BB42C4 #C47A42 #4BC442 #428CC4

split-complementary

#BB42C4 #8CC442 #42C47A

monochromatic

#65216A #923099 #BB42C4 #CC71D3 #DD9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42C4

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42C4	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#276EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.215 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d6',
    500: '#bb42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42c4;
$custom-light: #d380d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59713,
    "c": 0.21523,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42C4

secondary

#98CE94

accent

#DC4C56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42C4

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

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