#BB42D1#BB42D1

#BB42D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.226 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D1
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 66.98, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 84.09, 322.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.176 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.226 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9490, 19.0664, 62.2012)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D1 #58D142

analogous

#7442D1 #BB42D1 #D142A0

triadic

#BB42D1 #D1BB42 #42D1BB

tetradic

#BB42D1 #D17442 #58D142 #42A0D1

square

#BB42D1 #D17442 #58D142 #42A0D1

split-complementary

#BB42D1 #A0D142 #42D174

monochromatic

#6C1E7B #982AAC #BB42D1 #CD73DD #DEA4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BB42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB42D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D1

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D1	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0870D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.226 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e0',
    500: '#bb42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d1;
$custom-light: #d380e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60471,
    "c": 0.22621,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D1

secondary

#A2D699

accent

#E4445C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D1

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

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