#BE42BC#BE42BC

#BE42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.210 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42BC
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 63.99, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 75.36, 328.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1792 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.21 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2602, 18.4767, 49.4344)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42BC #42BE44

analogous

#8242BE #BE42BC #BE427E

triadic

#BE42BC #BCBE42 #42BCBE

tetradic

#BE42BC #BE8242 #42BE44 #427EBE

square

#BE42BC #BE8242 #42BE44 #427EBE

split-complementary

#BE42BC #7EBE42 #42BE82

monochromatic

#632262 #91328F #BE42BC #CE70CC #DD9DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BE42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BE42BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42BC

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42BC	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#336DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.210 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d0',
    500: '#be42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42bc;
$custom-light: #d580d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.968,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5969,
    "c": 0.21022,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42BC

secondary

#92CA93

accent

#D8524F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42BC

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

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