#BF42B8#BF42B8

#BF42B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.208 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42B8
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 184)
HSL	hsl(303, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 63.57, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 73.83, 329.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.18 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.208 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0856, 18.4358, 47.2066)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42B8 #42BF49

analogous

#8742BF #BF42B8 #BF4279

triadic

#BF42B8 #B8BF42 #42B8BF

tetradic

#BF42B8 #BF8742 #42BF49 #4279BF

square

#BF42B8 #BF8742 #42BF49 #4279BF

split-complementary

#BF42B8 #79BF42 #42BF87

monochromatic

#652261 #92328D #BF42B8 #CE70C9 #DE9DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BF42B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BF42B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42B8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42B8	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.208 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680ce',
    500: '#bf42b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42b8;
$custom-light: #d680ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.36,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5962,
    "c": 0.20759,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42B8

secondary

#93CA96

accent

#D9574F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42B8

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

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