#BB42CA#BB42CA

#BB42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.220 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42CA
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 65.72, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 81.06, 324.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1762 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.22 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1014, 18.7274, 57.7369)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42CA #51CA42

analogous

#7742CA #BB42CA #CA4295

triadic

#BB42CA #CABB42 #42CABB

tetradic

#BB42CA #CA7742 #51CA42 #4295CA

square

#BB42CA #CA7742 #51CA42 #4295CA

split-complementary

#BB42CA #95CA42 #42CA77

monochromatic

#692072 #952DA2 #BB42CA #CC72D7 #DDA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BB42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BB42CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42CA

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42CA	1.00	4.43	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.220 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380db',
    500: '#bb42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42ca;
$custom-light: #d380db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.382,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60058,
    "c": 0.22026,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42CA

secondary

#9DD196

accent

#DF4859

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42CA

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

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