#BB42D4#BB42D4

#BB42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.229 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D4
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 67.53, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 85.40, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.1759 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.229 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3240, 19.2164, 64.1758)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D4 #5BD442

analogous

#7242D4 #BB42D4 #D442A4

triadic

#BB42D4 #D4BB42 #42D4BB

tetradic

#BB42D4 #D47242 #5BD442 #42A4D4

square

#BB42D4 #D47242 #5BD442 #42A4D4

split-complementary

#BB42D4 #A4D442 #42D472

monochromatic

#6E1D7F #9928B1 #BB42D4 #CD74DF #DFA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BB42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BB42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D4

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D4	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.229 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e2',
    500: '#bb42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d4;
$custom-light: #d380e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.726,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60653,
    "c": 0.22878,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D4

secondary

#A5D89A

accent

#E6425E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D4

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

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