#BD21A5#BD21A5

#BD21A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.227 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD21A5
RGB	rgb(189, 33, 165)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 70.53, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 78.33, 334.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.207 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.227 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3221, 14.6258, 36.9215)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD21A5 #21BD39

analogous

#8721BD #BD21A5 #BD2157

triadic

#BD21A5 #A5BD21 #21A5BD

tetradic

#BD21A5 #BD8721 #21BD39 #2157BD

square

#BD21A5 #BD8721 #21BD39 #2157BD

split-complementary

#BD21A5 #57BD21 #21BD87

monochromatic

#550F4A #891878 #BD21A5 #DD3EC5 #E672D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BD21A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BD21A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD21A5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD21A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD21A5	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd21a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 33, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.227 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d572c0',
    500: '#bd21a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd21a5;
$custom-light: #d572c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd21a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55719,
    "c": 0.22698,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD21A5

secondary

#6DCD7B

accent

#ED563B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD21A5

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

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