#BE42E2#BE42E2

#BE42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.242 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42E2
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 70.75, -58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 91.59, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1785 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.242 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9089, 20.3362, 73.9179)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42E2 #66E242

analogous

#6E42E2 #BE42E2 #E242B6

triadic

#BE42E2 #E2BE42 #42E2BE

tetradic

#BE42E2 #E26E42 #66E242 #42B6E2

square

#BE42E2 #E26E42 #66E242 #42B6E2

split-complementary

#BE42E2 #B6E242 #42E26E

monochromatic

#771793 #A21FC8 #BE42E2 #D077EA #E2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BE42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BE42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42E2

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42E2	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.242 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681ec',
    500: '#be42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42e2;
$custom-light: #d681ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61921,
    "c": 0.242,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42E2

secondary

#AEE09F

accent

#F03861

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42E2

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

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