#BE42D1#BE42D1

#BE42D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.228 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42D1
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 67.63, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 84.17, 323.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1795 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.228 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6908, 19.4489, 62.2360)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42D1 #55D142

analogous

#7742D1 #BE42D1 #D1429D

triadic

#BE42D1 #D1BE42 #42D1BE

tetradic

#BE42D1 #D17742 #55D142 #429DD1

square

#BE42D1 #D17742 #55D142 #429DD1

split-complementary

#BE42D1 #9DD142 #42D177

monochromatic

#6E1E7B #9B2AAC #BE42D1 #CF73DD #E0A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BE42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BE42D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42D1

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42D1	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1071D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.228 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e0',
    500: '#be42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42d1;
$custom-light: #d581e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.028,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60878,
    "c": 0.22752,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42D1

secondary

#A1D699

accent

#E44459

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42D1

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

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