#BE42CC#BE42CC

#BE42CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.223 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42CC
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(294, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 66.74, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 82.03, 324.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.1795 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.223 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0815, 19.2052, 59.0269)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42CC #50CC42

analogous

#7942CC #BE42CC #CC4295

triadic

#BE42CC #CCBE42 #42CCBE

tetradic

#BE42CC #CC7942 #50CC42 #4295CC

square

#BE42CC #CC7942 #50CC42 #4295CC

split-complementary

#BE42CC #95CC42 #42CC79

monochromatic

#6C1F74 #982CA4 #BE42CC #CF72D9 #DFA2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BE42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BE42CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42CC

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42CC	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.223 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580dc',
    500: '#be42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42cc;
$custom-light: #d580dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60585,
    "c": 0.22332,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42CC

secondary

#9DD397

accent

#E14757

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42CC

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

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