#BB42E1#BB42E1

#BB42E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.240 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42E1
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 69.96, -58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 91.14, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.175 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.24 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0303, 19.8989, 73.1625)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42E1 #68E142

analogous

#6B42E1 #BB42E1 #E142B8

triadic

#BB42E1 #E1BB42 #42E1BB

tetradic

#BB42E1 #E16B42 #68E142 #42B8E1

square

#BB42E1 #E16B42 #68E142 #42B8E1

split-complementary

#BB42E1 #B8E142 #42E16B

monochromatic

#741792 #9E1FC6 #BB42E1 #CE77E9 #E1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BB42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BB42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42E1

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42E1	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.240 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481eb',
    500: '#bb42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42e1;
$custom-light: #d481eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.66,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61463,
    "c": 0.24002,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42E1

secondary

#AFE09F

accent

#EF3864

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42E1

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

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