#BB42CB#BB42CB

#BB42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.221 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42CB
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 65.90, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 81.49, 323.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1762 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.221 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2202, 18.7749, 58.3625)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42CB #52CB42

analogous

#7742CB #BB42CB #CB4296

triadic

#BB42CB #CBBB42 #42CBBB

tetradic

#BB42CB #CB7742 #52CB42 #4296CB

square

#BB42CB #CB7742 #52CB42 #4296CB

split-complementary

#BB42CB #96CB42 #42CB77

monochromatic

#692073 #952DA3 #BB42CB #CC72D8 #DEA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BB42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BB42CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42CB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42CB	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	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)

#1B6FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.221 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380db',
    500: '#bb42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42cb;
$custom-light: #d380db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.993,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60116,
    "c": 0.22111,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42CB

secondary

#9ED297

accent

#E04859

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42CB

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

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