#BF42BE#BF42BE

#BF42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.212 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42BE
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 64.57, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 76.24, 327.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1804 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.212 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7279, 18.6928, 50.5895)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42BE #42BF43

analogous

#8142BF #BF42BE #BF427F

triadic

#BF42BE #BEBF42 #42BEBF

tetradic

#BF42BE #BF8142 #42BF43 #427FBF

square

#BF42BE #BF8142 #42BF43 #427FBF

split-complementary

#BF42BE #7FBF42 #42BF81

monochromatic

#652264 #923291 #BF42BE #CE70CE #DE9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BF42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BF42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42BE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42BE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.212 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d2',
    500: '#bf42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42be;
$custom-light: #d680d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59939,
    "c": 0.21234,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42BE

secondary

#93CA93

accent

#D9504F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42BE

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

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