#BE42C5#BE42C5

#BE42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.218 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42C5
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 65.52, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 79.07, 325.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1795 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.218 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2607, 18.8769, 54.7042)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42C5 #49C542

analogous

#7D42C5 #BE42C5 #C5428B

triadic

#BE42C5 #C5BE42 #42C5BE

tetradic

#BE42C5 #C57D42 #49C542 #428BC5

square

#BE42C5 #C57D42 #49C542 #428BC5

split-complementary

#BE42C5 #8BC542 #42C57D

monochromatic

#68216C #952F9A #BE42C5 #CE71D3 #DEA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BE42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BE42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42C5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42C5	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.218 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d7',
    500: '#be42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42c5;
$custom-light: #d580d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.794,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60185,
    "c": 0.21752,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42C5

secondary

#98CE95

accent

#DC4B53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42C5

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

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