#BB42E7#BB42E7

#BB42E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.245 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42E7
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 71.10, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 93.81, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.1744 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.245 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8632, 20.2321, 77.5492)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42E7 #6EE742

analogous

#6842E7 #BB42E7 #E742C0

triadic

#BB42E7 #E7BB42 #42E7BB

tetradic

#BB42E7 #E76842 #6EE742 #42C0E7

square

#BB42E7 #E76842 #6EE742 #42C0E7

split-complementary

#BB42E7 #C0E742 #42E768

monochromatic

#77149B #A11BD1 #BB42E7 #CF78EE #E2AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BB42E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BB42E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42E7

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42E7	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.245 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481ef',
    500: '#bb42e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42e7;
$custom-light: #d481ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6185,
    "c": 0.24526,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42E7

secondary

#B3E3A2

accent

#F43467

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42E7

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

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