#BB42DF#BB42DF

#BB42DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.238 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42DF
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 69.58, -57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 90.25, 320.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.1752 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.238 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7591, 19.7905, 71.7341)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42DF #66DF42

analogous

#6D42DF #BB42DF #DF42B5

triadic

#BB42DF #DFBB42 #42DFBB

tetradic

#BB42DF #DF6D42 #66DF42 #42B5DF

square

#BB42DF #DF6D42 #66DF42 #42B5DF

split-complementary

#BB42DF #B5DF42 #42DF6D

monochromatic

#73188E #9E21C3 #BB42DF #CE76E8 #E1ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BB42DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BB42DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42DF

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42DF	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9618C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.238 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ea',
    500: '#bb42df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42df;
$custom-light: #d481ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.242,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61336,
    "c": 0.23829,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42DF

secondary

#ADDF9E

accent

#EE3A63

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42DF

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

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