#BE42D6#BE42D6

#BE42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.232 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42D6
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 68.54, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 86.33, 322.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.1793 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.232 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3196, 19.7004, 65.5474)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42D6 #5AD642

analogous

#7442D6 #BE42D6 #D642A4

triadic

#BE42D6 #D6BE42 #42D6BE

tetradic

#BE42D6 #D67442 #5AD642 #42A4D6

square

#BE42D6 #D67442 #5AD642 #42A4D6

split-complementary

#BE42D6 #A4D642 #42D674

monochromatic

#711C82 #9D27B4 #BE42D6 #CF74E1 #E1A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BE42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BE42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42D6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42D6	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.232 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e3',
    500: '#be42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42d6;
$custom-light: #d581e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61178,
    "c": 0.23174,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42D6

secondary

#A5D99B

accent

#E7405C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42D6

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

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