#BB42DC#BB42DC

#BB42DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.236 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42DC
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 69.01, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 88.92, 320.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1754 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.236 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3582, 19.6301, 69.6228)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42DC #63DC42

analogous

#6E42DC #BB42DC #DC42B0

triadic

#BB42DC #DCBB42 #42DCBB

tetradic

#BB42DC #DC6E42 #63DC42 #42B0DC

square

#BB42DC #DC6E42 #63DC42 #42B0DC

split-complementary

#BB42DC #B0DC42 #42DC6E

monochromatic

#721A8A #9D23BE #BB42DC #CE76E6 #E0A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BB42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BB42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42DC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42DC	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA608B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.236 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381e8',
    500: '#bb42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42dc;
$custom-light: #d381e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61146,
    "c": 0.23568,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42DC

secondary

#ABDD9D

accent

#EC3C62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42DC

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

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