#BF42CC#BF42CC

#BF42CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.224 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42CC
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(294, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 66.97, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 82.07, 324.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.1807 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.224 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3322, 19.3345, 59.0386)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42CC #4FCC42

analogous

#7A42CC #BF42CC #CC4294

triadic

#BF42CC #CCBF42 #42CCBF

tetradic

#BF42CC #CC7A42 #4FCC42 #4294CC

square

#BF42CC #CC7A42 #4FCC42 #4294CC

split-complementary

#BF42CC #94CC42 #42CC7A

monochromatic

#6C1F74 #992CA4 #BF42CC #CF72D9 #E0A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BF42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BF42CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42CC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42CC	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.224 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680dc',
    500: '#bf42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42cc;
$custom-light: #d680dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60723,
    "c": 0.22378,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42CC

secondary

#9DD397

accent

#E14756

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →