#BF42B4#BF42B4

#BF42B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.204 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42B4
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 62.93, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 72.26, 330.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1797 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.204 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6722, 18.2705, 45.0296)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42B4 #42BF4D

analogous

#8B42BF #BF42B4 #BF4275

triadic

#BF42B4 #B4BF42 #42B4BF

tetradic

#BF42B4 #BF8B42 #42BF4D #4275BF

square

#BF42B4 #BF8B42 #42BF4D #4275BF

split-complementary

#BF42B4 #75BF42 #42BF8B

monochromatic

#65225F #92328A #BF42B4 #CE70C6 #DE9DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BF42B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BF42B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42B4

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42B4	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#3B6BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.204 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680cb',
    500: '#bf42b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42b4;
$custom-light: #d680cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59412,
    "c": 0.20446,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42B4

secondary

#93CA97

accent

#D95B4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42B4

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

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