#BE42D9#BE42D9

#BE42D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.234 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42D9
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 69.08, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 87.64, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1791 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.234 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7062, 19.8551, 67.5838)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42D9 #5DD942

analogous

#7342D9 #BE42D9 #D942A8

triadic

#BE42D9 #D9BE42 #42D9BE

tetradic

#BE42D9 #D97342 #5DD942 #42A8D9

square

#BE42D9 #D97342 #5DD942 #42A8D9

split-complementary

#BE42D9 #A8D942 #42D973

monochromatic

#731B86 #9E25B9 #BE42D9 #D075E3 #E1A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BE42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BE42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42D9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42D9	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.234 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e5',
    500: '#be42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42d9;
$custom-light: #d681e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.272,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6136,
    "c": 0.2343,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42D9

secondary

#A7DB9C

accent

#E93E5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42D9

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

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