#BB42D5#BB42D5

#BB42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.230 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D5
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 67.71, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 85.83, 322.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1759 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.23 320)
XYZ	xyz(34.4505, 19.2670, 64.8422)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D5 #5CD542

analogous

#7242D5 #BB42D5 #D542A5

triadic

#BB42D5 #D5BB42 #42D5BB

tetradic

#BB42D5 #D57242 #5CD542 #42A5D5

square

#BB42D5 #D57242 #5CD542 #42A5D5

split-complementary

#BB42D5 #A5D542 #42D572

monochromatic

#6F1C80 #9A28B2 #BB42D5 #CD74E0 #DFA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BB42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BB42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D5

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D5	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.230 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e2',
    500: '#bb42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d5;
$custom-light: #d380e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.388,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60714,
    "c": 0.22964,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.19265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D5

secondary

#A5D89A

accent

#E7415E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D5

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

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