#BB42DD#BB42DD

#BB42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.237 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42DD
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 69.20, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 89.36, 320.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1754 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.237 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4910, 19.6832, 70.3224)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42DD #64DD42

analogous

#6E42DD #BB42DD #DD42B2

triadic

#BB42DD #DDBB42 #42DDBB

tetradic

#BB42DD #DD6E42 #64DD42 #42B2DD

square

#BB42DD #DD6E42 #64DD42 #42B2DD

split-complementary

#BB42DD #B2DD42 #42DD6E

monochromatic

#72198C #9D22BF #BB42DD #CE76E6 #E0AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BB42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BB42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42DD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42DD	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA618B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.237 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481e8',
    500: '#bb42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42dd;
$custom-light: #d481e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61209,
    "c": 0.23654,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42DD

secondary

#ABDD9D

accent

#EC3B62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42DD

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

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