#BE42B4#BE42B4

#BE42B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.204 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42B4
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 62.68, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 72.17, 330.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1787 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.204 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4216, 18.1412, 45.0178)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42B4 #42BE4C

analogous

#8A42BE #BE42B4 #BE4276

triadic

#BE42B4 #B4BE42 #42B4BE

tetradic

#BE42B4 #BE8A42 #42BE4C #4276BE

square

#BE42B4 #BE8A42 #42BE4C #4276BE

split-complementary

#BE42B4 #76BE42 #42BE8A

monochromatic

#63225E #913289 #BE42B4 #CE70C6 #DD9DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BE42B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BE42B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42B4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42B4	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.204 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580cb',
    500: '#be42b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42b4;
$custom-light: #d580cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59269,
    "c": 0.20389,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42B4

secondary

#92CA97

accent

#D85A4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42B4

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

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