#BF42C2#BF42C2

#BF42C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.216 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C2
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(299, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 65.24, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 77.88, 326.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1805 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.216 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1711, 18.8700, 52.9236)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C2 #45C242

analogous

#7F42C2 #BF42C2 #C24285

triadic

#BF42C2 #C2BF42 #42C2BF

tetradic

#BF42C2 #C27F42 #45C242 #4285C2

square

#BF42C2 #C27F42 #45C242 #4285C2

split-complementary

#BF42C2 #85C242 #42C27F

monochromatic

#662268 #943196 #BF42C2 #CF70D1 #DE9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BF42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BF42C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C2

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C2	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.216 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d5',
    500: '#bf42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c2;
$custom-light: #d680d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.594,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60158,
    "c": 0.21557,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C2

secondary

#95CC94

accent

#DB4D50

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C2

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

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