#BD21A9#BD21A9

#BD21A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.230 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD21A9
RGB	rgb(189, 33, 169)
HSL	hsl(308, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 71.09, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 79.75, 333.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.2071 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.23 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6919, 14.7737, 38.8690)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD21A9 #21BD35

analogous

#8321BD #BD21A9 #BD215B

triadic

#BD21A9 #A9BD21 #21A9BD

tetradic

#BD21A9 #BD8321 #21BD35 #215BBD

square

#BD21A9 #BD8321 #21BD35 #215BBD

split-complementary

#BD21A9 #5BBD21 #21BD83

monochromatic

#550F4C #89187A #BD21A9 #DD3EC9 #E672D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#BD21A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BD21A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD21A9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD21A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD21A9	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D5DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D73A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd21a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 33, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.230 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d572c3',
    500: '#bd21a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd21a9;
$custom-light: #d572c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd21a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55932,
    "c": 0.22962,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD21A9

secondary

#6DCD79

accent

#ED523B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEDF8

border

#D4C8D1

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD21A9

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

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