#BF42B3#BF42B3

#BF42B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.204 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42B3
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(306, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 62.77, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 71.87, 330.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1796 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.204 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5707, 18.2299, 44.4950)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42B3 #42BF4E

analogous

#8C42BF #BF42B3 #BF4274

triadic

#BF42B3 #B3BF42 #42B3BF

tetradic

#BF42B3 #BF8C42 #42BF4E #4274BF

square

#BF42B3 #BF8C42 #42BF4E #4274BF

split-complementary

#BF42B3 #74BF42 #42BF8C

monochromatic

#65225E #923289 #BF42B3 #CE70C5 #DE9DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BF42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BF42B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42B3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42B3	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.204 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680ca',
    500: '#bf42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42b3;
$custom-light: #d680ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59361,
    "c": 0.2037,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42B3

secondary

#93CA98

accent

#D95C4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42B3

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

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