#BE42C6#BE42C6

#BE42C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.218 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42C6
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 66.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 65.69, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 79.49, 325.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.1795 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.218 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3757, 18.9229, 55.3097)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42C6 #4AC642

analogous

#7C42C6 #BE42C6 #C6428C

triadic

#BE42C6 #C6BE42 #42C6BE

tetradic

#BE42C6 #C67C42 #4AC642 #428CC6

square

#BE42C6 #C67C42 #4AC642 #428CC6

split-complementary

#BE42C6 #8CC642 #42C67C

monochromatic

#68216D #952F9C #BE42C6 #CE71D4 #DEA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BE42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BE42C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42C6

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42C6	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#276FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.218 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d8',
    500: '#be42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42c6;
$custom-light: #d580d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60242,
    "c": 0.21834,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42C6

secondary

#98CF95

accent

#DD4B54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42C6

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

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