#BD42BB#BD42BB

#BD42BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.209 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42BB
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 63.59, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 74.89, 328.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1781 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.209 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9038, 18.3053, 48.8570)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42BB #42BD44

analogous

#8242BD #BD42BB #BD427D

triadic

#BD42BB #BBBD42 #42BBBD

tetradic

#BD42BB #BD8242 #42BD44 #427DBD

square

#BD42BB #BD8242 #42BD44 #427DBD

split-complementary

#BD42BB #7DBD42 #42BD82

monochromatic

#622261 #90328E #BD42BB #CD6FCB #DD9DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BD42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BD42BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42BB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42BB	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.209 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d0',
    500: '#bd42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42bb;
$custom-light: #d480d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.976,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59495,
    "c": 0.20888,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42BB

secondary

#92C993

accent

#D85250

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42BB

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

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