#BE42D5#BE42D5

#BE42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.231 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42D5
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 68.35, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 85.90, 322.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.1793 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.231 321)
XYZ	xyz(35.1923, 19.6495, 64.8769)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42D5 #59D542

analogous

#7442D5 #BE42D5 #D542A3

triadic

#BE42D5 #D5BE42 #42D5BE

tetradic

#BE42D5 #D57442 #59D542 #42A3D5

square

#BE42D5 #D57442 #59D542 #42A3D5

split-complementary

#BE42D5 #A3D542 #42D574

monochromatic

#711C80 #9D28B2 #BE42D5 #CF74E0 #E0A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BE42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BE42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42D5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42D5	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.231 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e2',
    500: '#be42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42d5;
$custom-light: #d581e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.612,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61117,
    "c": 0.23089,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.19648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42D5

secondary

#A4D89A

accent

#E7415B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42D5

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

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