#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
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(292, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 67.81, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 84.60, 323.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1794 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.228 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8150, 19.4986, 62.8901)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BE42D2	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42D2

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

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