#BF42CB#BF42CB

#BF42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.223 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42CB
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 66.79, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 81.64, 324.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.1807 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.223 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2126, 19.2866, 58.4090)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42CB #4ECB42

analogous

#7B42CB #BF42CB #CB4292

triadic

#BF42CB #CBBF42 #42CBBF

tetradic

#BF42CB #CB7B42 #4ECB42 #4292CB

square

#BF42CB #CB7B42 #4ECB42 #4292CB

split-complementary

#BF42CB #92CB42 #42CB7B

monochromatic

#6C2073 #992DA3 #BF42CB #CF72D8 #E0A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BF42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BF42CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42CB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42CB	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2070CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.223 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680db',
    500: '#bf42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42cb;
$custom-light: #d680db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.745,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60665,
    "c": 0.22295,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42CB

secondary

#9CD297

accent

#E04855

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42CB

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

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