#BB42D9#BB42D9

#BB42D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.233 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42D9
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 68.45, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 87.59, 321.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1756 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.233 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9645, 19.4726, 67.5490)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42D9 #60D942

analogous

#6F42D9 #BB42D9 #D942AC

triadic

#BB42D9 #D9BB42 #42D9BB

tetradic

#BB42D9 #D96F42 #60D942 #42ACD9

square

#BB42D9 #D96F42 #60D942 #42ACD9

split-complementary

#BB42D9 #ACD942 #42D96F

monochromatic

#701B86 #9B25B9 #BB42D9 #CD75E3 #E0A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BB42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BB42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42D9

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42D9	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.233 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e5',
    500: '#bb42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42d9;
$custom-light: #d380e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.079,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60959,
    "c": 0.23309,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42D9

secondary

#A8DB9C

accent

#E93E60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42D9

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

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