#BB42E2#BB42E2

#BB42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.241 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42E2
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 70.15, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 91.58, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1749 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.241 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1671, 19.9537, 73.8831)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42E2 #69E242

analogous

#6B42E2 #BB42E2 #E242B9

triadic

#BB42E2 #E2BB42 #42E2BB

tetradic

#BB42E2 #E26B42 #69E242 #42B9E2

square

#BB42E2 #E26B42 #69E242 #42B9E2

split-complementary

#BB42E2 #B9E242 #42E26B

monochromatic

#751793 #9F1FC8 #BB42E2 #CE77EA #E1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BB42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42E2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42E2	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.241 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ec',
    500: '#bb42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42e2;
$custom-light: #d481ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61527,
    "c": 0.2409,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42E2

secondary

#AFE09F

accent

#F03865

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42E2

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

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