#BE42BB#BE42BB

#BE42BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.209 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42BB
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 63.83, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 74.96, 328.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1792 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.209 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1527, 18.4337, 48.8686)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42BB #42BE45

analogous

#8342BE #BE42BB #BE427D

triadic

#BE42BB #BBBE42 #42BBBE

tetradic

#BE42BB #BE8342 #42BE45 #427DBE

square

#BE42BB #BE8342 #42BE45 #427DBE

split-complementary

#BE42BB #7DBE42 #42BE83

monochromatic

#632262 #91328F #BE42BB #CE70CB #DD9DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BE42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BE42BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42BB

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42BB	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.209 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d0',
    500: '#be42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42bb;
$custom-light: #d580d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.452,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59637,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42BB

secondary

#92CA94

accent

#D8534F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42BB

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

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