#BB42C5#BB42C5

#BB42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.216 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42C5
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 64.83, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 78.93, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1762 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.216 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5190, 18.4944, 54.6694)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42C5 #4CC542

analogous

#7A42C5 #BB42C5 #C5428E

triadic

#BB42C5 #C5BB42 #42C5BB

tetradic

#BB42C5 #C57A42 #4CC542 #428EC5

square

#BB42C5 #C57A42 #4CC542 #428EC5

split-complementary

#BB42C5 #8EC542 #42C57A

monochromatic

#66216C #922F9A #BB42C5 #CC71D3 #DDA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42C5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42C5	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.216 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d7',
    500: '#bb42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42c5;
$custom-light: #d380d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.42,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5977,
    "c": 0.21607,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42C5

secondary

#99CE95

accent

#DC4B56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42C5

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

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