#BB42D6#BB42D6

#BB42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.231 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D6
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 67.90, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 86.27, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.1758 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.231 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5778, 19.3179, 65.5127)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D6 #5DD642

analogous

#7142D6 #BB42D6 #D642A7

triadic

#BB42D6 #D6BB42 #42D6BB

tetradic

#BB42D6 #D67142 #5DD642 #42A7D6

square

#BB42D6 #D67142 #5DD642 #42A7D6

split-complementary

#BB42D6 #A7D642 #42D671

monochromatic

#6F1C82 #9A27B4 #BB42D6 #CD74E1 #DFA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BB42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BB42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D6

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D6	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.231 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e3',
    500: '#bb42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d6;
$custom-light: #d380e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.054,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60775,
    "c": 0.2305,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D6

secondary

#A6D99B

accent

#E7405F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D6

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

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