#BB42D0#BB42D0

#BB42D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.225 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D0
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 66.80, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 83.65, 322.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1761 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.225 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8256, 19.0171, 61.5512)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D0 #57D042

analogous

#7442D0 #BB42D0 #D0429E

triadic

#BB42D0 #D0BB42 #42D0BB

tetradic

#BB42D0 #D07442 #57D042 #429ED0

square

#BB42D0 #D07442 #57D042 #429ED0

split-complementary

#BB42D0 #9ED042 #42D074

monochromatic

#6C1E79 #972AAA #BB42D0 #CD73DC #DEA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BB42D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D0

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D0	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C70D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.225 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380df',
    500: '#bb42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d0;
$custom-light: #d380df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.127,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60412,
    "c": 0.22536,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D0

secondary

#A2D599

accent

#E3445C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D0

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

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