#BF42D4#BF42D4

#BF42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.230 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42D4
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 68.39, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 85.49, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1805 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.23 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3164, 19.7282, 64.2223)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42D4 #57D442

analogous

#7642D4 #BF42D4 #D442A0

triadic

#BF42D4 #D4BF42 #42D4BF

tetradic

#BF42D4 #D47642 #57D442 #42A0D4

square

#BF42D4 #D47642 #57D442 #42A0D4

split-complementary

#BF42D4 #A0D442 #42D476

monochromatic

#711D7F #9D28B1 #BF42D4 #D074DF #E1A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BF42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#BF42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42D4

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42D4	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0672D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.230 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e2',
    500: '#bf42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42d4;
$custom-light: #d681e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.37,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61193,
    "c": 0.23047,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42D4

secondary

#A3D89A

accent

#E64259

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42D4

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

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