#BB42CF#BB42CF

#BB42CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.225 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42CF
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 66.62, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 83.22, 323.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1761 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.225 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7030, 18.9680, 60.9053)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42CF #56CF42

analogous

#7442CF #BB42CF #CF429D

triadic

#BB42CF #CFBB42 #42CFBB

tetradic

#BB42CF #CF7442 #56CF42 #429DCF

square

#BB42CF #CF7442 #56CF42 #429DCF

split-complementary

#BB42CF #9DCF42 #42CF74

monochromatic

#6B1F78 #972BA9 #BB42CF #CD73DB #DEA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BB42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BB42CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42CF

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42CF	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1070D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.225 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380de',
    500: '#bb42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42cf;
$custom-light: #d380de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.489,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60352,
    "c": 0.2245,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42CF

secondary

#A1D598

accent

#E3455B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42CF

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

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