#BE42EA#BE42EA

#BE42EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.249 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42EA
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(284, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 72.27, -61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 95.14, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1777 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.249 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0323, 20.7855, 79.8346)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42EA #6EEA42

analogous

#6A42EA #BE42EA #EA42C2

triadic

#BE42EA #EABE42 #42EABE

tetradic

#BE42EA #EA6A42 #6EEA42 #42C2EA

square

#BE42EA #EA6A42 #6EEA42 #42C2EA

split-complementary

#BE42EA #C2EA42 #42EA6A

monochromatic

#7B12A0 #A518D7 #BE42EA #D179F0 #E4B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#BE42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#BE42EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42EA

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42EA	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E81E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.249 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681f2',
    500: '#be42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42ea;
$custom-light: #d681f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62435,
    "c": 0.24892,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42EA

secondary

#B4E5A3

accent

#F63165

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42EA

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

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