#BB42C8#BB42C8

#BB42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.219 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42C8
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 65.36, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 80.20, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1762 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.219 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8661, 18.6333, 56.4978)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42C8 #4FC842

analogous

#7842C8 #BB42C8 #C84292

triadic

#BB42C8 #C8BB42 #42C8BB

tetradic

#BB42C8 #C87842 #4FC842 #4292C8

square

#BB42C8 #C87842 #4FC842 #4292C8

split-complementary

#BB42C8 #92C842 #42C878

monochromatic

#68206F #942E9F #BB42C8 #CC71D6 #DDA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42C8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42C8	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.219 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d9',
    500: '#bb42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42c8;
$custom-light: #d380d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.179,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59942,
    "c": 0.21858,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42C8

secondary

#9BD096

accent

#DE4A58

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42C8

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

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