#BF42C8#BF42C8

#BF42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.220 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C8
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 66.27, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 80.38, 325.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1807 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.22 325)
XYZ	xyz(33.8586, 19.1450, 56.5444)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C8 #4BC842

analogous

#7C42C8 #BF42C8 #C8428E

triadic

#BF42C8 #C8BF42 #42C8BF

tetradic

#BF42C8 #C87C42 #4BC842 #428EC8

square

#BF42C8 #C87C42 #4BC842 #428EC8

split-complementary

#BF42C8 #8EC842 #42C87C

monochromatic

#6A206F #972E9F #BF42C8 #CF71D6 #DFA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BF42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BF42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C8	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.220 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d9',
    500: '#bf42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c8;
$custom-light: #d680d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.97,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60494,
    "c": 0.22047,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.19143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C8

secondary

#9AD096

accent

#DE4A54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C8

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

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