#BB42DB#BB42DB

#BB42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.235 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42DB
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 68.83, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 88.48, 321.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1755 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.235 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2262, 19.5773, 68.9274)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42DB #62DB42

analogous

#6E42DB #BB42DB #DB42AE

triadic

#BB42DB #DBBB42 #42DBBB

tetradic

#BB42DB #DB6E42 #62DB42 #42AEDB

square

#BB42DB #DB6E42 #62DB42 #42AEDB

split-complementary

#BB42DB #AEDB42 #42DB6E

monochromatic

#711A89 #9C24BC #BB42DB #CD75E5 #E0A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BB42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BB42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42DB

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42DB	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.235 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381e7',
    500: '#bb42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42db;
$custom-light: #d381e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.451,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61084,
    "c": 0.23481,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42DB

secondary

#AADC9D

accent

#EB3D61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42DB

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

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