#BF42BB#BF42BB

#BF42BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.210 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42BB
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 64.07, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 75.03, 328.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1802 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.21 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4034, 18.5629, 48.8804)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42BB #42BF46

analogous

#8442BF #BF42BB #BF427C

triadic

#BF42BB #BBBF42 #42BBBF

tetradic

#BF42BB #BF8442 #42BF46 #427CBF

square

#BF42BB #BF8442 #42BF46 #427CBF

split-complementary

#BF42BB #7CBF42 #42BF84

monochromatic

#652262 #92328F #BF42BB #CE70CB #DE9DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BF42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BF42BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42BB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42BB	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.210 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d0',
    500: '#bf42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42bb;
$custom-light: #d680d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59778,
    "c": 0.20996,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42BB

secondary

#93CA94

accent

#D9534F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42BB

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

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