#BE42B5#BE42B5

#BE42B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.205 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42B5
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 62.84, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 72.56, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1787 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.205 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5238, 18.1821, 45.5563)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42B5 #42BE4B

analogous

#8942BE #BE42B5 #BE4277

triadic

#BE42B5 #B5BE42 #42B5BE

tetradic

#BE42B5 #BE8942 #42BE4B #4277BE

square

#BE42B5 #BE8942 #42BE4B #4277BE

split-complementary

#BE42B5 #77BE42 #42BE89

monochromatic

#63225F #91328A #BE42B5 #CE70C7 #DD9DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BE42B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BE42B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42B5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42B5	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.205 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580cb',
    500: '#be42b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42b5;
$custom-light: #d580cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.355,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5932,
    "c": 0.20467,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42B5

secondary

#92CA96

accent

#D8594F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42B5

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

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