#BE42B6#BE42B6

#BE42B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.205 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE42B6
RGBrgb(190, 66, 182)
HSLhsl(304, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(304, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.3%, 4.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(49.77, 63.00, -36.79)
CIE-LCHlch(49.77, 72.96, 329.72°)
OKLaboklab(59.37% 0.1788 -0.1012)
OKLCHoklch(59.37% 0.205 330.5)
XYZxyz(31.6268, 18.2233, 46.0986)
Luminance0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE42B6 #42BE4A
analogous
#8842BE #BE42B6 #BE4278
triadic
#BE42B6 #B6BE42 #42B6BE
tetradic
#BE42B6 #BE8842 #42BE4A #4278BE
square
#BE42B6 #BE8842 #42BE4A #4278BE
split-complementary
#BE42B6 #78BE42 #42BE88
monochromatic
#63225F #91328B #BE42B6 #CE70C8 #DD9DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52
#BE42B6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64
#BE42B6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42B6
4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE42B6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE42B61.004.524.644.64
#FFFFFF4.521.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6421.001.001.00
##0000004.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#386BB9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#657CB3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C55076
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be42b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.205 330.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580cc',
    500: '#be42b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be42b6;
$custom-light: #d580cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be42b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59372,
    "c": 0.20546,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE42B6
secondary
#92CA96
accent
#D8584F
background
#FDF8FC
surface
#FBEFF9
border
#D4CAD2
text
#150B13
muted
#837C82

Preview Lab

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#BE42B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva