#BB42C9#BB42C9

#BB42C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.219 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42C9
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 65.54, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 80.63, 324.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1762 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.219 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9834, 18.6802, 57.1153)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42C9 #50C942

analogous

#7842C9 #BB42C9 #C94293

triadic

#BB42C9 #C9BB42 #42C9BB

tetradic

#BB42C9 #C97842 #50C942 #4293C9

square

#BB42C9 #C97842 #50C942 #4293C9

split-complementary

#BB42C9 #93C942 #42C978

monochromatic

#682070 #942EA0 #BB42C9 #CC72D7 #DDA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BB42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BB42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42C9

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42C9	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.219 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380da',
    500: '#bb42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42c9;
$custom-light: #d380da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59999,
    "c": 0.21942,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42C9

secondary

#9CD196

accent

#DF4958

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42C9

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

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