#BE42C4#BE42C4

#BE42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.217 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE42C4
RGBrgb(190, 66, 196)
HSLhsl(297, 52%, 51%)
HSVhsv(297, 66%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(3.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(50.49, 65.35, -43.77)
CIE-LCHlch(50.49, 78.66, 326.18°)
OKLaboklab(60.13% 0.1795 -0.1214)
OKLCHoklch(60.13% 0.217 325.9)
XYZxyz(33.1465, 18.8312, 54.1028)
Luminance0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE42C4 #48C442
analogous
#7D42C4 #BE42C4 #C44289
triadic
#BE42C4 #C4BE42 #42C4BE
tetradic
#BE42C4 #C47D42 #48C442 #4289C4
square
#BE42C4 #C47D42 #48C442 #4289C4
split-complementary
#BE42C4 #89C442 #42C47D
monochromatic
#67216A #943099 #BE42C4 #CE71D3 #DE9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41
#BE42C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77
#BE42C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42C4
4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE42C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE42C41.004.414.774.77
#FFFFFF4.411.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7721.001.001.00
##0000004.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2A6EC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D7EC1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3557E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.217 325.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d6',
    500: '#be42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be42c4;
$custom-light: #d580d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60129,
    "c": 0.2167,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE42C4
secondary
#97CE94
accent
#DC4C53
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFA
border
#D4CAD3
text
#150B14
muted
#837C83

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#BE42C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva