#BB42E6#BB42E6

#BB42E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.244 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42E6
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 70.91, -60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 93.37, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.1746 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.244 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7224, 20.1758, 76.8075)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42E6 #6DE642

analogous

#6942E6 #BB42E6 #E642BF

triadic

#BB42E6 #E6BB42 #42E6BB

tetradic

#BB42E6 #E66942 #6DE642 #42BFE6

square

#BB42E6 #E66942 #6DE642 #42BFE6

split-complementary

#BB42E6 #BFE642 #42E669

monochromatic

#761499 #A01BCF #BB42E6 #CE78ED #E2AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BB42E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB42E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42E6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42E6	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.244 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ef',
    500: '#bb42e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42e6;
$custom-light: #d481ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.268,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61785,
    "c": 0.24439,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42E6

secondary

#B2E3A1

accent

#F33567

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42E6

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

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