#BB42C7#BB42C7

#BB42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.218 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42C7
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 65.19, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 79.78, 324.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1762 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.218 324)
XYZ	xyz(32.7496, 18.5867, 55.8844)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42C7 #4EC742

analogous

#7842C7 #BB42C7 #C74291

triadic

#BB42C7 #C7BB42 #42C7BB

tetradic

#BB42C7 #C77842 #4EC742 #4291C7

square

#BB42C7 #C77842 #4EC742 #4291C7

split-complementary

#BB42C7 #91C742 #42C778

monochromatic

#67216E #932F9D #BB42C7 #CC71D5 #DDA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BB42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BB42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42C7

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42C7	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.218 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d8',
    500: '#bb42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42c7;
$custom-light: #d380d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.586,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59884,
    "c": 0.21774,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.18585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42C7

secondary

#9BD095

accent

#DE4A57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42C7

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

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