#BE42BE#BE42BE

#BE42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.212 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42BE
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 64.33, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 76.18, 327.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1793 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.212 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4772, 18.5635, 50.5777)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42BE #42BE42

analogous

#8042BE #BE42BE #BE4280

triadic

#BE42BE #BEBE42 #42BEBE

tetradic

#BE42BE #BE8042 #42BE42 #4280BE

square

#BE42BE #BE8042 #42BE42 #4280BE

split-complementary

#BE42BE #80BE42 #42BE80

monochromatic

#632263 #913291 #BE42BE #CE70CE #DD9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BE42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BE42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42BE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42BE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.212 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d2',
    500: '#be42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42be;
$custom-light: #d580d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59798,
    "c": 0.21183,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42BE

secondary

#92CA92

accent

#D84F4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42BE

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

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