#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
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(304, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 4.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 63.00, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 72.96, 329.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1788 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.205 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6268, 18.2233, 46.0986)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BE42B6	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#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

Preview with #BE42B6

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

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