#BF42D5#BF42D5

#BF42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.231 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42D5
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 68.57, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 85.92, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1805 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.231 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4430, 19.7788, 64.8887)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42D5 #58D542

analogous

#7542D5 #BF42D5 #D542A2

triadic

#BF42D5 #D5BF42 #42D5BF

tetradic

#BF42D5 #D57542 #58D542 #42A2D5

square

#BF42D5 #D57542 #58D542 #42A2D5

split-complementary

#BF42D5 #A2D542 #42D575

monochromatic

#711C80 #9D28B2 #BF42D5 #D074E0 #E1A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BF42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BF42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42D5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42D5	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0172D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5380D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.231 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e2',
    500: '#bf42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42d5;
$custom-light: #d681e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.02,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61253,
    "c": 0.23132,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42D5

secondary

#A4D89A

accent

#E7415A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42D5

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

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