#BE42B2#BE42B2

#BE42B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.202 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42B2
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(306, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 62.36, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 71.39, 330.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.1785 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.202 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2193, 18.0603, 43.9526)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42B2 #42BE4E

analogous

#8C42BE #BE42B2 #BE4274

triadic

#BE42B2 #B2BE42 #42B2BE

tetradic

#BE42B2 #BE8C42 #42BE4E #4274BE

square

#BE42B2 #BE8C42 #42BE4E #4274BE

split-complementary

#BE42B2 #74BE42 #42BE8C

monochromatic

#63225D #913288 #BE42B2 #CE70C5 #DD9DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BE42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BE42B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42B2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42B2	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.202 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580c9',
    500: '#be42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42b2;
$custom-light: #d580c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59166,
    "c": 0.20234,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42B2

secondary

#92CA98

accent

#D85D4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42B2

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

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