#BE42E3#BE42E3

#BE42E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.243 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42E3
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 70.94, -58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 92.03, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1784 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.243 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0465, 20.3912, 74.6426)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42E3 #67E342

analogous

#6D42E3 #BE42E3 #E342B8

triadic

#BE42E3 #E3BE42 #42E3BE

tetradic

#BE42E3 #E36D42 #67E342 #42B8E3

square

#BE42E3 #E36D42 #67E342 #42B8E3

split-complementary

#BE42E3 #B8E342 #42E36D

monochromatic

#771695 #A21ECA #BE42E3 #D077EB #E3ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BE42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BE42E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42E3

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42E3	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4680DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC638F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.243 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681ed',
    500: '#be42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42e3;
$custom-light: #d681ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.211,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61984,
    "c": 0.24287,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42E3

secondary

#AFE1A0

accent

#F13762

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42E3

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

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