#BD42BE#BD42BE

#BD42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.211 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42BE
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 64.09, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 76.11, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1782 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.211 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2283, 18.4351, 50.5661)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42BE #43BE42

analogous

#7F42BE #BD42BE #BE4281

triadic

#BD42BE #BEBD42 #42BEBD

tetradic

#BD42BE #BE7F42 #43BE42 #4281BE

square

#BD42BE #BE7F42 #43BE42 #4281BE

split-complementary

#BD42BE #81BE42 #42BE7F

monochromatic

#632263 #903291 #BD42BE #CD70CE #DD9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BD42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BD42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42BE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42BE	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.211 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d2',
    500: '#bd42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42be;
$custom-light: #d480d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.516,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59658,
    "c": 0.21131,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42BE

secondary

#93CA92

accent

#D84F51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42BE

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

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