#BF42C9#BF42C9

#BF42C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.221 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42C9
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 66.44, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 80.80, 325.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.1807 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.221 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9758, 19.1919, 57.1619)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42C9 #4CC942

analogous

#7C42C9 #BF42C9 #C9428F

triadic

#BF42C9 #C9BF42 #42C9BF

tetradic

#BF42C9 #C97C42 #4CC942 #428FC9

square

#BF42C9 #C97C42 #4CC942 #428FC9

split-complementary

#BF42C9 #8FC942 #42C97C

monochromatic

#6B2070 #982EA0 #BF42C9 #CF72D7 #DFA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BF42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BF42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42C9

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42C9	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.221 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680da',
    500: '#bf42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42c9;
$custom-light: #d680da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60551,
    "c": 0.2213,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42C9

secondary

#9AD196

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42C9

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

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