#BF42C5#BF42C5

#BF42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.218 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C5
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 65.75, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 79.12, 326.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1806 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.218 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5114, 19.0062, 54.7160)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C5 #48C542

analogous

#7E42C5 #BF42C5 #C5428A

triadic

#BF42C5 #C5BF42 #42C5BF

tetradic

#BF42C5 #C57E42 #48C542 #428AC5

square

#BF42C5 #C57E42 #48C542 #428AC5

split-complementary

#BF42C5 #8AC542 #42C57E

monochromatic

#68216C #962F9A #BF42C5 #CF71D3 #DFA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BF42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BF42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C5	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.218 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d7',
    500: '#bf42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c5;
$custom-light: #d680d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.252,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60325,
    "c": 0.21801,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C5

secondary

#97CE95

accent

#DC4B52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C5

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

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