#BD42BF#BD42BF

#BD42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.212 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42BF
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(299, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 64.26, -41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 76.53, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1783 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.212 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3379, 18.4790, 51.1437)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42BF #44BF42

analogous

#7E42BF #BD42BF #BF4282

triadic

#BD42BF #BFBD42 #42BFBD

tetradic

#BD42BF #BF7E42 #44BF42 #4282BF

square

#BD42BF #BF7E42 #44BF42 #4282BF

split-complementary

#BD42BF #82BF42 #42BF7E

monochromatic

#632265 #913292 #BD42BF #CD70CE #DD9DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BD42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BD42BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42BF

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42BF	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.212 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d3',
    500: '#bd42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42bf;
$custom-light: #d480d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59713,
    "c": 0.21212,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42BF

secondary

#93CA93

accent

#D94F51

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42BF

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

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