#BF42C0#BF42C0

#BF42C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.214 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C0
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 64.90, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 77.06, 327.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1805 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.214 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9480, 18.7808, 51.7486)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C0 #43C042

analogous

#8042C0 #BF42C0 #C04282

triadic

#BF42C0 #C0BF42 #42C0BF

tetradic

#BF42C0 #C08042 #43C042 #4282C0

square

#BF42C0 #C08042 #43C042 #4282C0

split-complementary

#BF42C0 #82C042 #42C080

monochromatic

#652266 #933194 #BF42C0 #CF70CF #DE9EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BF42C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BF42C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C0

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C0	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.214 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d3',
    500: '#bf42c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c0;
$custom-light: #d680d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60048,
    "c": 0.21395,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C0

secondary

#93CB93

accent

#DA4E4F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C0

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

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