#BF42EA#BF42EA

#BF42EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.249 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF42EA
RGB	rgb(191, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(285, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 72.46, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 95.13, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.1789 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.249 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2830, 20.9148, 79.8463)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF42EA #6DEA42

analogous

#6B42EA #BF42EA #EA42C1

triadic

#BF42EA #EABF42 #42EABF

tetradic

#BF42EA #EA6B42 #6DEA42 #42C1EA

square

#BF42EA #EA6B42 #6DEA42 #42C1EA

split-complementary

#BF42EA #C1EA42 #42EA6B

monochromatic

#7B12A0 #A618D7 #BF42EA #D279F0 #E4B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BF42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BF42EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF42EA

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF42EA	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4082E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.249 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d782f1',
    500: '#bf42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf42ea;
$custom-light: #d782f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.643,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62565,
    "c": 0.24928,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF42EA

secondary

#B4E5A3

accent

#F63164

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF42EA

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

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