#BF42D2#BF42D2

#BF42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.229 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42D2
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(292, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 68.03, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 84.63, 323.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1806 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.229 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0657, 19.6279, 62.9018)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42D2 #55D242

analogous

#7742D2 #BF42D2 #D2429D

triadic

#BF42D2 #D2BF42 #42D2BF

tetradic

#BF42D2 #D27742 #55D242 #429DD2

square

#BF42D2 #D27742 #55D242 #429DD2

split-complementary

#BF42D2 #9DD242 #42D277

monochromatic

#701E7C #9C29AD #BF42D2 #D073DE #E0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BF42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BF42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42D2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42D2	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F71D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.229 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e0',
    500: '#bf42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42d2;
$custom-light: #d681e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.083,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61074,
    "c": 0.22879,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42D2

secondary

#A1D799

accent

#E54358

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42D2

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

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