#BD42BC#BD42BC

#BD42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.210 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42BC
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 63.76, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 75.29, 327.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1781 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.21 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0112, 18.3483, 49.4227)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42BC #42BD43

analogous

#8142BD #BD42BC #BD427E

triadic

#BD42BC #BCBD42 #42BCBD

tetradic

#BD42BC #BD8142 #42BD43 #427EBD

square

#BD42BC #BD8142 #42BD43 #427EBD

split-complementary

#BD42BC #7EBD42 #42BD81

monochromatic

#622262 #90328F #BD42BC #CD6FCC #DD9DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BD42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BD42BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42BC

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42BC	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.210 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d0',
    500: '#bd42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42bc;
$custom-light: #d480d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.488,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59549,
    "c": 0.20968,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42BC

secondary

#92C992

accent

#D85150

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42BC

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

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