#BF42DB#BF42DB

#BF42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.236 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42DB
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 69.66, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 88.53, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.1802 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.236 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2186, 20.0890, 68.9739)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42DB #5EDB42

analogous

#7242DB #BF42DB #DB42AA

triadic

#BF42DB #DBBF42 #42DBBF

tetradic

#BF42DB #DB7242 #5EDB42 #42AADB

square

#BF42DB #DB7242 #5EDB42 #42AADB

split-complementary

#BF42DB #AADB42 #42DB72

monochromatic

#741A89 #A024BC #BF42DB #D075E5 #E2A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BF42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BF42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42DB

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42DB	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.236 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681e7',
    500: '#bf42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42db;
$custom-light: #d681e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.02,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61617,
    "c": 0.2364,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42DB

secondary

#A8DC9D

accent

#EB3D5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42DB

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

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