#BF42C4#BF42C4

#BF42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.217 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C4
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 65.58, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 78.71, 326.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1806 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.217 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3972, 18.9605, 54.1145)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C4 #47C442

analogous

#7E42C4 #BF42C4 #C44288

triadic

#BF42C4 #C4BF42 #42C4BF

tetradic

#BF42C4 #C47E42 #47C442 #4288C4

square

#BF42C4 #C47E42 #47C442 #4288C4

split-complementary

#BF42C4 #88C442 #42C47E

monochromatic

#68216A #953099 #BF42C4 #CF71D3 #DF9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BF42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BF42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C4

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C4	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.217 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d6',
    500: '#bf42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c4;
$custom-light: #d680d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60269,
    "c": 0.2172,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C4

secondary

#96CE94

accent

#DC4C51

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C4

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

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