#BE42C3#BE42C3

#BE42C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.216 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42C3
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 65.18, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 78.24, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1795 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.216 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0331, 18.7858, 53.5053)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42C3 #47C342

analogous

#7D42C3 #BE42C3 #C34287

triadic

#BE42C3 #C3BE42 #42C3BE

tetradic

#BE42C3 #C37D42 #47C342 #4287C3

square

#BE42C3 #C37D42 #47C342 #4287C3

split-complementary

#BE42C3 #87C342 #42C37D

monochromatic

#662169 #943098 #BE42C3 #CE70D2 #DE9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BE42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BE42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42C3

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42C3	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.216 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d6',
    500: '#be42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42c3;
$custom-light: #d580d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.674,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60074,
    "c": 0.21588,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42C3

secondary

#96CD94

accent

#DB4D52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42C3

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

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