#BB42CE#BB42CE

#BB42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.224 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42CE
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 66.44, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 82.78, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1761 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.224 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5811, 18.9193, 60.2635)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42CE #55CE42

analogous

#7542CE #BB42CE #CE429B

triadic

#BB42CE #CEBB42 #42CEBB

tetradic

#BB42CE #CE7542 #55CE42 #429BCE

square

#BB42CE #CE7542 #55CE42 #429BCE

split-complementary

#BB42CE #9BCE42 #42CE75

monochromatic

#6B1F77 #972BA7 #BB42CE #CC73DB #DEA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BB42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BB42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42CE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42CE	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1370D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.224 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380dd',
    500: '#bb42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42ce;
$custom-light: #d380dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60293,
    "c": 0.22365,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42CE

secondary

#A0D498

accent

#E2465B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42CE

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

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