#BE42D4#BE42D4

#BE42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.230 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42D4
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 68.17, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 85.47, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1794 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.23 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0657, 19.5989, 64.2105)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42D4 #58D442

analogous

#7542D4 #BE42D4 #D442A1

triadic

#BE42D4 #D4BE42 #42D4BE

tetradic

#BE42D4 #D47542 #58D442 #42A1D4

square

#BE42D4 #D47542 #58D442 #42A1D4

split-complementary

#BE42D4 #A1D442 #42D475

monochromatic

#701D7F #9C28B1 #BE42D4 #CF74DF #E0A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BE42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BE42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42D4

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42D4	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0372D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.230 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e2',
    500: '#be42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42d4;
$custom-light: #d581e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.959,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61057,
    "c": 0.23004,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42D4

secondary

#A3D89A

accent

#E6425B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42D4

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

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