#BF42B6#BF42B6

#BF42B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.206 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42B6
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(304, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 63.25, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 73.04, 329.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1799 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.206 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8775, 18.3526, 46.1103)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42B6 #42BF4B

analogous

#8942BF #BF42B6 #BF4277

triadic

#BF42B6 #B6BF42 #42B6BF

tetradic

#BF42B6 #BF8942 #42BF4B #4277BF

square

#BF42B6 #BF8942 #42BF4B #4277BF

split-complementary

#BF42B6 #77BF42 #42BF89

monochromatic

#652260 #92328B #BF42B6 #CE70C8 #DE9DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BF42B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BF42B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42B6

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42B6	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.206 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680cc',
    500: '#bf42b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42b6;
$custom-light: #d680cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59515,
    "c": 0.20602,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42B6

secondary

#93CA97

accent

#D9594F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42B6

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

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