#BF42BF#BF42BF

#BF42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.213 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42BF
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 64.73, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 76.65, 327.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1804 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.213 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8376, 18.7366, 51.1671)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42BF #42BF42

analogous

#8042BF #BF42BF #BF4280

triadic

#BF42BF #BFBF42 #42BFBF

tetradic

#BF42BF #BF8042 #42BF42 #4280BF

square

#BF42BF #BF8042 #42BF42 #4280BF

split-complementary

#BF42BF #80BF42 #42BF80

monochromatic

#652265 #923292 #BF42BF #CE70CE #DE9DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BF42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BF42BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42BF

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42BF	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.213 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d3',
    500: '#bf42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42bf;
$custom-light: #d680d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.21315,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42BF

secondary

#93CA93

accent

#D94F4F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42BF

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

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