#BD42B7#BD42B7

#BD42B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.206 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42B7
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(303, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 62.92, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 73.28, 329.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1778 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.206 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4815, 18.1364, 46.6331)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42B7 #42BD48

analogous

#8642BD #BD42B7 #BD4279

triadic

#BD42B7 #B7BD42 #42B7BD

tetradic

#BD42B7 #BD8642 #42BD48 #4279BD

square

#BD42B7 #BD8642 #42BD48 #4279BD

split-complementary

#BD42B7 #79BD42 #42BD86

monochromatic

#62225F #90328B #BD42B7 #CD6FC8 #DD9DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BD42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BD42B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42B7

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42B7	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.206 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480cd',
    500: '#bd42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42b7;
$custom-light: #d480cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.927,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59282,
    "c": 0.20569,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42B7

secondary

#92C995

accent

#D85750

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42B7

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

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