#BF42C1#BF42C1

#BF42C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.215 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C1
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(299, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 65.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 65.07, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 77.47, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1805 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.215 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0592, 18.8253, 52.3341)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C1 #44C142

analogous

#7F42C1 #BF42C1 #C14283

triadic

#BF42C1 #C1BF42 #42C1BF

tetradic

#BF42C1 #C17F42 #44C142 #4283C1

square

#BF42C1 #C17F42 #44C142 #4283C1

split-complementary

#BF42C1 #83C142 #42C17F

monochromatic

#662267 #933195 #BF42C1 #CF70D0 #DE9EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BF42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BF42C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C1

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C1	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#2E6EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.215 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d4',
    500: '#bf42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c1;
$custom-light: #d680d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.055,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60103,
    "c": 0.21476,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C1

secondary

#94CC93

accent

#DA4E50

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C1

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

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