#BE42CE#BE42CE

#BE42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.225 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42CE
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 67.10, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 82.88, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1795 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.225 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3229, 19.3018, 60.2983)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42CE #52CE42

analogous

#7842CE #BE42CE #CE4298

triadic

#BE42CE #CEBE42 #42CEBE

tetradic

#BE42CE #CE7842 #52CE42 #4298CE

square

#BE42CE #CE7842 #52CE42 #4298CE

split-complementary

#BE42CE #98CE42 #42CE78

monochromatic

#6D1F77 #992BA7 #BE42CE #CF73DB #DFA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BE42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BE42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42CE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42CE	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1870D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.225 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580dd',
    500: '#be42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42ce;
$custom-light: #d580dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60702,
    "c": 0.22499,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42CE

secondary

#9FD498

accent

#E24658

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42CE

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

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