#BE42CB#BE42CB

#BE42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.222 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42CB
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(294, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 66.57, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 81.60, 324.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1795 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.222 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9620, 19.1574, 58.3972)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42CB #4FCB42

analogous

#7A42CB #BE42CB #CB4293

triadic

#BE42CB #CBBE42 #42CBBE

tetradic

#BE42CB #CB7A42 #4FCB42 #4293CB

square

#BE42CB #CB7A42 #4FCB42 #4293CB

split-complementary

#BE42CB #93CB42 #42CB7A

monochromatic

#6B2073 #982DA3 #BE42CB #CF72D8 #DFA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BE42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BE42CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42CB

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42CB	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F70CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.222 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580db',
    500: '#be42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42cb;
$custom-light: #d580db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.307,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60527,
    "c": 0.22248,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42CB

secondary

#9CD297

accent

#E04856

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42CB

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

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