#BD42B9#BD42B9

#BD42B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.207 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42B9
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(302, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 63.25, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 74.08, 328.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1779 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.207 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6911, 18.2203, 47.7372)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42B9 #42BD46

analogous

#8342BD #BD42B9 #BD427C

triadic

#BD42B9 #B9BD42 #42B9BD

tetradic

#BD42B9 #BD8342 #42BD46 #427CBD

square

#BD42B9 #BD8342 #42BD46 #427CBD

split-complementary

#BD42B9 #7CBD42 #42BD83

monochromatic

#622260 #90328D #BD42B9 #CD6FCA #DD9DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BD42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BD42B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42B9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42B9	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.207 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480ce',
    500: '#bd42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42b9;
$custom-light: #d480ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.951,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59388,
    "c": 0.20728,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42B9

secondary

#92C994

accent

#D85450

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42B9

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

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