#BF42CE#BF42CE

#BF42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.225 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42CE
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(294, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 67.32, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 82.92, 324.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% 0.1807 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.225 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5736, 19.4310, 60.3100)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42CE #51CE42

analogous

#7942CE #BF42CE #CE4297

triadic

#BF42CE #CEBF42 #42CEBF

tetradic

#BF42CE #CE7942 #51CE42 #4297CE

square

#BF42CE #CE7942 #51CE42 #4297CE

split-complementary

#BF42CE #97CE42 #42CE79

monochromatic

#6D1F77 #9A2BA7 #BF42CE #CF73DB #E0A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BF42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BF42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42CE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42CE	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.225 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681dd',
    500: '#bf42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42ce;
$custom-light: #d681dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60839,
    "c": 0.22545,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42CE

secondary

#9ED498

accent

#E24657

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42CE

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

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