#BF42B7#BF42B7

#BF42B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.207 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42B7
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(304, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 63.41, -37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 73.44, 329.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.18 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.207 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9812, 18.3940, 46.6565)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42B7 #42BF4A

analogous

#8842BF #BF42B7 #BF4278

triadic

#BF42B7 #B7BF42 #42B7BF

tetradic

#BF42B7 #BF8842 #42BF4A #4278BF

square

#BF42B7 #BF8842 #42BF4A #4278BF

split-complementary

#BF42B7 #78BF42 #42BF88

monochromatic

#652260 #92328C #BF42B7 #CE70C8 #DE9DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BF42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BF42B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42B7

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42B7	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.207 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680cd',
    500: '#bf42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42b7;
$custom-light: #d680cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59567,
    "c": 0.2068,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42B7

secondary

#93CA96

accent

#D9584F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42B7

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

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