#BF42B5#BF42B5

#BF42B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.205 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42B5
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 63.09, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 72.65, 330.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1798 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.205 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7745, 18.3114, 45.5680)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42B5 #42BF4C

analogous

#8A42BF #BF42B5 #BF4276

triadic

#BF42B5 #B5BF42 #42B5BF

tetradic

#BF42B5 #BF8A42 #42BF4C #4276BF

square

#BF42B5 #BF8A42 #42BF4C #4276BF

split-complementary

#BF42B5 #76BF42 #42BF8A

monochromatic

#65225F #92328B #BF42B5 #CE70C7 #DE9DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BF42B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BF42B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42B5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42B5	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.205 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680cb',
    500: '#bf42b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42b5;
$custom-light: #d680cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59463,
    "c": 0.20524,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42B5

secondary

#93CA97

accent

#D95A4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42B5

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

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