#BF42BD#BF42BD

#BF42BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.212 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42BD
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 64.40, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 75.84, 328.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1803 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.212 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6190, 18.6492, 50.0158)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42BD #42BF44

analogous

#8242BF #BF42BD #BF427E

triadic

#BF42BD #BDBF42 #42BDBF

tetradic

#BF42BD #BF8242 #42BF44 #427EBF

square

#BF42BD #BF8242 #42BF44 #427EBF

split-complementary

#BF42BD #7EBF42 #42BF82

monochromatic

#652263 #923291 #BF42BD #CE70CD #DE9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BF42BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BF42BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42BD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42BD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.212 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d1',
    500: '#bf42bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42bd;
$custom-light: #d680d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59885,
    "c": 0.21155,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42BD

secondary

#93CA93

accent

#D9514F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42BD

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

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