#BF42C3#BF42C3

#BF42C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.216 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C3
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 65.41, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 78.29, 326.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.1806 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.216 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2838, 18.9151, 53.5171)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C3 #46C342

analogous

#7E42C3 #BF42C3 #C34286

triadic

#BF42C3 #C3BF42 #42C3BF

tetradic

#BF42C3 #C37E42 #46C342 #4286C3

square

#BF42C3 #C37E42 #46C342 #4286C3

split-complementary

#BF42C3 #86C342 #42C37E

monochromatic

#672169 #943098 #BF42C3 #CF70D2 #DE9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BF42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BF42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C3

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C3	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.216 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d5',
    500: '#bf42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c3;
$custom-light: #d680d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.14,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60213,
    "c": 0.21638,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C3

secondary

#96CD94

accent

#DB4D51

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C3

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

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