#BE42D2#BE42D2

#BE42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.228 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE42D2
RGBrgb(190, 66, 210)
HSLhsl(292, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(292, 69%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(9.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.27, 67.81, -50.59)
CIE-LCHlch(51.27, 84.60, 323.28°)
OKLaboklab(60.94% 0.1794 -0.1412)
OKLCHoklch(60.94% 0.228 321.8)
XYZxyz(34.8150, 19.4986, 62.8901)
Luminance0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE42D2 #56D242
analogous
#7642D2 #BE42D2 #D2429E
triadic
#BE42D2 #D2BE42 #42D2BE
tetradic
#BE42D2 #D27642 #56D242 #429ED2
square
#BE42D2 #D27642 #56D242 #429ED2
split-complementary
#BE42D2 #9ED242 #42D276
monochromatic
#6F1E7C #9B29AD #BE42D2 #CF73DE #E0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29
#BE42D2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90
#BE42D2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42D2
4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE42D2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE42D21.004.294.904.90
#FFFFFF4.291.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9021.001.001.00
##0000004.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0C71D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#547FCF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C05B85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.228 321.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e0',
    500: '#be42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be42d2;
$custom-light: #d581e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60938,
    "c": 0.22836,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE42D2
secondary
#A2D799
accent
#E5435A
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFB
border
#D4CAD4
text
#150B15
muted
#837C83

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#BE42D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva