#BE42C2#BE42C2

#BE42C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.215 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42C2
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 65.01, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 77.82, 326.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1794 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.215 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9204, 18.7408, 52.9119)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42C2 #46C242

analogous

#7E42C2 #BE42C2 #C24286

triadic

#BE42C2 #C2BE42 #42C2BE

tetradic

#BE42C2 #C27E42 #46C242 #4286C2

square

#BE42C2 #C27E42 #46C242 #4286C2

split-complementary

#BE42C2 #86C242 #42C27E

monochromatic

#662268 #933196 #BE42C2 #CE70D1 #DE9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BE42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BE42C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42C2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42C2	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.215 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d5',
    500: '#be42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42c2;
$custom-light: #d580d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.125,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60018,
    "c": 0.21506,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42C2

secondary

#95CC94

accent

#DB4D52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42C2

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

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