#BF42E1#BF42E1

#BF42E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.242 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42E1
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 70.77, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 91.16, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1798 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.242 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0228, 20.4107, 73.2091)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42E1 #64E142

analogous

#7042E1 #BF42E1 #E142B3

triadic

#BF42E1 #E1BF42 #42E1BF

tetradic

#BF42E1 #E17042 #64E142 #42B3E1

square

#BF42E1 #E17042 #64E142 #42B3E1

split-complementary

#BF42E1 #B3E142 #42E170

monochromatic

#771792 #A31FC6 #BF42E1 #D177E9 #E3ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BF42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BF42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42E1

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42E1	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.242 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681eb',
    500: '#bf42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42e1;
$custom-light: #d681eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.17,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6199,
    "c": 0.24152,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42E1

secondary

#ADE09F

accent

#EF3860

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42E1

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

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