#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
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 65.35, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 78.66, 326.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1795 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.217 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1465, 18.8312, 54.1028)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##BE42C4	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42C4

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

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