#BE42B0#BE42B0

#BE42B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.201 H 332.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE42B0
RGBrgb(190, 66, 176)
HSLhsl(307, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(307, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.3%, 7.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(49.47, 62.04, -33.74)
CIE-LCHlch(49.47, 70.62, 331.46°)
OKLaboklab(59.06% 0.1783 -0.0924)
OKLCHoklch(59.06% 0.201 332.6)
XYZxyz(31.0200, 17.9806, 42.9027)
Luminance0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE42B0 #42BE50
analogous
#8E42BE #BE42B0 #BE4272
triadic
#BE42B0 #B0BE42 #42B0BE
tetradic
#BE42B0 #BE8E42 #42BE50 #4272BE
square
#BE42B0 #BE8E42 #42BE50 #4272BE
split-complementary
#BE42B0 #72BE42 #42BE8E
monochromatic
#63225C #913286 #BE42B0 #CE70C3 #DD9DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57
#BE42B0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60
#BE42B0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42B0
4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE42B0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE42B01.004.574.604.60
#FFFFFF4.571.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6021.001.001.00
##0000004.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D6AB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#687CAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C64D73
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be42b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.201 332.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fc8',
    500: '#be42b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be42b0;
$custom-light: #d57fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be42b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.774,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59064,
    "c": 0.20081,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE42B0
secondary
#92CA98
accent
#D85F4F
background
#FDF8FC
surface
#FBEFF8
border
#D4CAD1
text
#150B13
muted
#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42B0

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#BE42B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva