#BB42F3#BB42F3

#BB42F3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.256 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB42F3
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 243)
HSL	hsl(281, 88%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 72.8%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 73.44, -66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 99.20, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1729 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.256 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6165, 20.9334, 86.7830)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB42F3 #7AF342

analogous

#6242F3 #BB42F3 #F342D2

triadic

#BB42F3 #F3BB42 #42F3BB

tetradic

#BB42F3 #F36242 #7AF342 #42D2F3

square

#BB42F3 #F36242 #7AF342 #42D2F3

split-complementary

#BB42F3 #D2F342 #42F362

monochromatic

#7B0BAF #A40FE9 #BB42F3 #D07CF7 #E4B5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB42F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB42F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB42F3

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB42F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB42F3	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C81EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb42f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.256 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d481f8',
    500: '#bb42f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb42f3;
$custom-light: #d481f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb42f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.017,
    "s": 88.06,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62649,
    "c": 0.25581,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB42F3

secondary

#BCEAA7

accent

#E50149

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB42F3

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

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