#BE42E1#BE42E1

#BE42E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.241 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42E1
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 70.56, -57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 91.15, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1786 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.241 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7721, 20.2814, 73.1973)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42E1 #65E142

analogous

#6E42E1 #BE42E1 #E142B5

triadic

#BE42E1 #E1BE42 #42E1BE

tetradic

#BE42E1 #E16E42 #65E142 #42B5E1

square

#BE42E1 #E16E42 #65E142 #42B5E1

split-complementary

#BE42E1 #B5E142 #42E16E

monochromatic

#771792 #A21FC6 #BE42E1 #D077E9 #E2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BE42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BE42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42E1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42E1	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4880DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.241 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681eb',
    500: '#be42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42e1;
$custom-light: #d681eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.792,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61858,
    "c": 0.24115,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42E1

secondary

#ADE09F

accent

#EF3861

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42E1

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

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