#BF42CF#BF42CF

#BF42CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.226 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42CF
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 67.50, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 83.34, 324.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1806 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.226 323)
XYZ	xyz(34.6955, 19.4798, 60.9519)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42CF #52CF42

analogous

#7842CF #BF42CF #CF4299

triadic

#BF42CF #CFBF42 #42CFBF

tetradic

#BF42CF #CF7842 #52CF42 #4299CF

square

#BF42CF #CF7842 #52CF42 #4299CF

split-complementary

#BF42CF #99CF42 #42CF78

monochromatic

#6E1F78 #9B2BA9 #BF42CF #D073DB #E0A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BF42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BF42CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42CF

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42CF	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1871D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.226 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681de',
    500: '#bf42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42cf;
$custom-light: #d681de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.191,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60897,
    "c": 0.22628,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.19478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42CF

secondary

#9FD598

accent

#E34557

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42CF

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

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