#BF42E2#BF42E2

#BF42E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.242 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42E2
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 70.95, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 91.60, 320.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.1797 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.242 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1596, 20.4654, 73.9296)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42E2 #65E242

analogous

#6F42E2 #BF42E2 #E242B5

triadic

#BF42E2 #E2BF42 #42E2BF

tetradic

#BF42E2 #E26F42 #65E242 #42B5E2

square

#BF42E2 #E26F42 #65E242 #42B5E2

split-complementary

#BF42E2 #B5E242 #42E26F

monochromatic

#781793 #A31FC8 #BF42E2 #D177EA #E3ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BF42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BF42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42E2

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42E2	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.242 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d681ec',
    500: '#bf42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42e2;
$custom-light: #d681ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62053,
    "c": 0.24238,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42E2

secondary

#AEE09F

accent

#F03860

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42E2

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

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