#BF42D9#BF42D9

#BF42D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.235 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42D9
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 69.29, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 87.66, 322.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1803 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.235 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9569, 19.9844, 67.5956)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42D9 #5CD942

analogous

#7342D9 #BF42D9 #D942A7

triadic

#BF42D9 #D9BF42 #42D9BF

tetradic

#BF42D9 #D97342 #5CD942 #42A7D9

square

#BF42D9 #D97342 #5CD942 #42A7D9

split-complementary

#BF42D9 #A7D942 #42D973

monochromatic

#731B86 #9F25B9 #BF42D9 #D075E3 #E2A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BF42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BF42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42D9

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42D9	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5080D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.235 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e5',
    500: '#bf42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42d9;
$custom-light: #d681e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.669,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61494,
    "c": 0.2347,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42D9

secondary

#A7DB9C

accent

#E93E5C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42D9

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

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