#BF42BC#BF42BC

#BF42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.211 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42BC
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 64.23, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 75.43, 328.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1803 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.211 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5108, 18.6059, 49.4462)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42BC #42BF45

analogous

#8342BF #BF42BC #BF427D

triadic

#BF42BC #BCBF42 #42BCBF

tetradic

#BF42BC #BF8342 #42BF45 #427DBF

square

#BF42BC #BF8342 #42BF45 #427DBF

split-complementary

#BF42BC #7DBF42 #42BF83

monochromatic

#652263 #923290 #BF42BC #CE70CC #DE9DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BF42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BF42BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42BC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42BC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.211 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d0',
    500: '#bf42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42bc;
$custom-light: #d680d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.44,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59832,
    "c": 0.21075,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42BC

secondary

#93CA94

accent

#D9524F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42BC

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

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