#BE42EB#BE42EB

#BE42EB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.250 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE42EB
RGB	rgb(190, 66, 235)
HSL	hsl(284, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 72.46, -62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 95.58, 319.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.1776 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.25 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1764, 20.8432, 80.5933)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE42EB #6FEB42

analogous

#6A42EB #BE42EB #EB42C3

triadic

#BE42EB #EBBE42 #42EBBE

tetradic

#BE42EB #EB6A42 #6FEB42 #42C3EB

square

#BE42EB #EB6A42 #6FEB42 #42C3EB

split-complementary

#BE42EB #C3EB42 #42EB6A

monochromatic

#7B11A2 #A517D9 #BE42EB #D179F1 #E4B1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BE42EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BE42EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE42EB

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE42EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE42EB	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D81E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be42eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 66, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.250 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681f2',
    500: '#be42eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be42eb;
$custom-light: #d681f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be42eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.024,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.625,
    "c": 0.24979,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE42EB

secondary

#B5E6A3

accent

#F73165

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE42EB

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

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