#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
RGBrgb(187, 66, 201)
HSLhsl(294, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(294, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(50.31, 65.54, -46.97)
CIE-LCHlch(50.31, 80.63, 324.37°)
OKLaboklab(60% 0.1762 -0.1308)
OKLCHoklch(60% 0.219 323.4)
XYZxyz(32.9834, 18.6802, 57.1153)
Luminance0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##BB42C91.004.434.744.74
#FFFFFF4.431.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7421.001.001.00
##0000004.7421.001.001.00

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

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#BB42C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva