#BB42D2#BB42D2

#BB42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.227 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D2
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 67.16, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 84.52, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.176 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.227 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0732, 19.1161, 62.8553)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D2 #59D242

analogous

#7342D2 #BB42D2 #D242A1

triadic

#BB42D2 #D2BB42 #42D2BB

tetradic

#BB42D2 #D27342 #59D242 #42A1D2

square

#BB42D2 #D27342 #59D242 #42A1D2

split-complementary

#BB42D2 #A1D242 #42D273

monochromatic

#6D1E7C #9829AD #BB42D2 #CD73DE #DFA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BB42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BB42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D2	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0371D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.227 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e0',
    500: '#bb42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d2;
$custom-light: #d380e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60532,
    "c": 0.22706,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D2

secondary

#A3D799

accent

#E5435D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D2

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

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