#BE42CA#BE42CA

#BE42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.222 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42CA
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 66.39, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 81.18, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1796 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.222 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8432, 19.1099, 57.7716)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42CA #4ECA42

analogous

#7A42CA #BE42CA #CA4292

triadic

#BE42CA #CABE42 #42CABE

tetradic

#BE42CA #CA7A42 #4ECA42 #4292CA

square

#BE42CA #CA7A42 #4ECA42 #4292CA

split-complementary

#BE42CA #92CA42 #42CA7A

monochromatic

#6A2072 #972DA2 #BE42CA #CE72D7 #DFA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BE42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BE42CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42CA

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42CA	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.222 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580db',
    500: '#be42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42ca;
$custom-light: #d580db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6047,
    "c": 0.22166,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42CA

secondary

#9CD196

accent

#DF4856

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42CA

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

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