#BD42B5#BD42B5

#BD42B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.204 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42B5
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 62.60, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 72.48, 329.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1777 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.204 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2748, 18.0537, 45.5446)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42B5 #42BD4A

analogous

#8742BD #BD42B5 #BD4278

triadic

#BD42B5 #B5BD42 #42B5BD

tetradic

#BD42B5 #BD8742 #42BD4A #4278BD

square

#BD42B5 #BD8742 #42BD4A #4278BD

split-complementary

#BD42B5 #78BD42 #42BD87

monochromatic

#62225E #90328A #BD42B5 #CD6FC7 #DD9DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BD42B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BD42B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42B5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42B5	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.204 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480cb',
    500: '#bd42b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42b5;
$custom-light: #d480cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.902,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59177,
    "c": 0.20411,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42B5

secondary

#92C995

accent

#D85950

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42B5

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

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