#BF42D1#BF42D1

#BF42D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.228 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42D1
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 67.85, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 84.20, 323.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.1806 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.228 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9415, 19.5782, 62.2477)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42D1 #54D142

analogous

#7842D1 #BF42D1 #D1429B

triadic

#BF42D1 #D1BF42 #42D1BF

tetradic

#BF42D1 #D17842 #54D142 #429BD1

square

#BF42D1 #D17842 #54D142 #429BD1

split-complementary

#BF42D1 #9BD142 #42D178

monochromatic

#6F1E7B #9C2AAC #BF42D1 #D073DD #E0A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BF42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BF42D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42D1

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42D1	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1271D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.228 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e0',
    500: '#bf42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42d1;
$custom-light: #d681e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.448,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61015,
    "c": 0.22795,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42D1

secondary

#A1D699

accent

#E44458

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42D1

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

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