#BD42BD#BD42BD

#BD42BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.210 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42BD
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 63.92, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 75.70, 327.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1782 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.21 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1193, 18.3915, 49.9924)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42BD #42BD42

analogous

#7F42BD #BD42BD #BD4280

triadic

#BD42BD #BDBD42 #42BDBD

tetradic

#BD42BD #BD8042 #42BD42 #427FBD

square

#BD42BD #BD8042 #42BD42 #427FBD

split-complementary

#BD42BD #80BD42 #42BD80

monochromatic

#622262 #903290 #BD42BD #CD6FCD #DD9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BD42BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BD42BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42BD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42BD	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.210 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d1',
    500: '#bd42bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42bd;
$custom-light: #d480d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59603,
    "c": 0.21049,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42BD

secondary

#92C992

accent

#D85050

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42BD

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

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