#BF42C7#BF42C7

#BF42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.220 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C7
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 66.10, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 79.96, 325.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1807 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.22 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7421, 19.0984, 55.9309)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C7 #4AC742

analogous

#7D42C7 #BF42C7 #C7428D

triadic

#BF42C7 #C7BF42 #42C7BF

tetradic

#BF42C7 #C77D42 #4AC742 #428DC7

square

#BF42C7 #C77D42 #4AC742 #428DC7

split-complementary

#BF42C7 #8DC742 #42C77D

monochromatic

#69216E #972F9D #BF42C7 #CF71D5 #DFA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BF42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BF42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C7	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#266FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.220 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d8',
    500: '#bf42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c7;
$custom-light: #d680d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.391,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60437,
    "c": 0.21965,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C7

secondary

#99D095

accent

#DE4A53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C7

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

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