#BB42D3#BB42D3

#BB42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.228 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D3
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 67.34, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 84.96, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.176 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.228 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1982, 19.1661, 63.5135)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D3 #5AD342

analogous

#7342D3 #BB42D3 #D342A3

triadic

#BB42D3 #D3BB42 #42D3BB

tetradic

#BB42D3 #D37342 #5AD342 #42A3D3

square

#BB42D3 #D37342 #5AD342 #42A3D3

split-complementary

#BB42D3 #A3D342 #42D373

monochromatic

#6D1D7D #9929AF #BB42D3 #CD74DF #DFA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BB42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BB42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D3

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D3	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.228 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e1',
    500: '#bb42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d3;
$custom-light: #d380e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.069,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60592,
    "c": 0.22792,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D3

secondary

#A4D79A

accent

#E5425D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D3

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

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