#BD42B3#BD42B3

#BD42B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.203 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42B3
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 62.27, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 71.69, 330.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1775 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.203 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0711, 17.9722, 44.4716)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42B3 #42BD4C

analogous

#8942BD #BD42B3 #BD4276

triadic

#BD42B3 #B3BD42 #42B3BD

tetradic

#BD42B3 #BD8942 #42BD4C #4276BD

square

#BD42B3 #BD8942 #42BD4C #4276BD

split-complementary

#BD42B3 #76BD42 #42BD89

monochromatic

#62225D #903288 #BD42B3 #CD6FC5 #DD9DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BD42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BD42B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42B3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42B3	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.203 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fca',
    500: '#bd42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42b3;
$custom-light: #d47fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.878,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59074,
    "c": 0.20255,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42B3

secondary

#92C996

accent

#D85B50

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42B3

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

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