#BE42DB#BE42DB

#BE42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.236 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42DB
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 69.45, -54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 88.51, 321.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.179 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.236 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9679, 19.9598, 68.9621)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42DB #5FDB42

analogous

#7142DB #BE42DB #DB42AC

triadic

#BE42DB #DBBE42 #42DBBE

tetradic

#BE42DB #DB7142 #5FDB42 #42ACDB

square

#BE42DB #DB7142 #5FDB42 #42ACDB

split-complementary

#BE42DB #ACDB42 #42DB71

monochromatic

#741A89 #9F24BC #BE42DB #D075E5 #E1A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BE42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BE42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42DB

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42DB	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.236 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e7',
    500: '#be42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42db;
$custom-light: #d681e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.627,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61483,
    "c": 0.236,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42DB

secondary

#A9DC9D

accent

#EB3D5E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42DB

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

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