#BE42C7#BE42C7

#BE42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.219 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42C7
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 65.87, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 79.91, 325.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.1795 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.219 325)
XYZ	xyz(33.4914, 18.9692, 55.9191)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42C7 #4BC742

analogous

#7C42C7 #BE42C7 #C7428E

triadic

#BE42C7 #C7BE42 #42C7BE

tetradic

#BE42C7 #C77C42 #4BC742 #428EC7

square

#BE42C7 #C77C42 #4BC742 #428EC7

split-complementary

#BE42C7 #8EC742 #42C77C

monochromatic

#69216E #962F9D #BE42C7 #CE71D5 #DEA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BE42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BE42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42C7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42C7	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.219 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d8',
    500: '#be42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42c7;
$custom-light: #d580d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.94,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60298,
    "c": 0.21917,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.18967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42C7

secondary

#99D095

accent

#DE4A54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42C7

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

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