#BF42BA#BF42BA

#BF42BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.209 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42BA
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(302, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 63.90, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 74.63, 328.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1802 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.209 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2967, 18.5203, 48.3186)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42BA #42BF47

analogous

#8542BF #BF42BA #BF427B

triadic

#BF42BA #BABF42 #42BABF

tetradic

#BF42BA #BF8542 #42BF47 #427BBF

square

#BF42BA #BF8542 #42BF47 #427BBF

split-complementary

#BF42BA #7BBF42 #42BF85

monochromatic

#652262 #92328E #BF42BA #CE70CB #DE9DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BF42BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF42BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42BA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42BA	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	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)

#356CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.209 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680cf',
    500: '#bf42ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42ba;
$custom-light: #d680cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59725,
    "c": 0.20916,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42BA

secondary

#93CA95

accent

#D9544F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42BA

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

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