#BF42B9#BF42B9

#BF42B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.208 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42B9
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(303, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 63.74, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 74.23, 329.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1801 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.208 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1908, 18.4779, 47.7606)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42B9 #42BF48

analogous

#8642BF #BF42B9 #BF427A

triadic

#BF42B9 #B9BF42 #42B9BF

tetradic

#BF42B9 #BF8642 #42BF48 #427ABF

square

#BF42B9 #BF8642 #42BF48 #427ABF

split-complementary

#BF42B9 #7ABF42 #42BF86

monochromatic

#652261 #92328E #BF42B9 #CE70CA #DE9DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BF42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF42B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42B9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42B9	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.208 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680ce',
    500: '#bf42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42b9;
$custom-light: #d680ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59672,
    "c": 0.20837,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42B9

secondary

#93CA95

accent

#D9554F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42B9

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

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