#BE42C8#BE42C8

#BE42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.220 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42C8
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 66.04, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 80.33, 325.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1795 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.22 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6079, 19.0158, 56.5326)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42C8 #4CC842

analogous

#7B42C8 #BE42C8 #C8428F

triadic

#BE42C8 #C8BE42 #42C8BE

tetradic

#BE42C8 #C87B42 #4CC842 #428FC8

square

#BE42C8 #C87B42 #4CC842 #428FC8

split-complementary

#BE42C8 #8FC842 #42C87B

monochromatic

#69206F #962E9F #BE42C8 #CE71D6 #DFA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BE42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BE42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42C8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42C8	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.220 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580d9',
    500: '#be42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42c8;
$custom-light: #d580d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.522,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60355,
    "c": 0.21999,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42C8

secondary

#9AD096

accent

#DE4A55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42C8

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

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