#BD42C1#BD42C1

#BD42C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.214 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C1
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 65.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 64.60, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 77.35, 326.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.1783 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.214 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5595, 18.5676, 52.3107)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C1 #46C142

analogous

#7D42C1 #BD42C1 #C14285

triadic

#BD42C1 #C1BD42 #42C1BD

tetradic

#BD42C1 #C17D42 #46C142 #4285C1

square

#BD42C1 #C17D42 #46C142 #4285C1

split-complementary

#BD42C1 #85C142 #42C17D

monochromatic

#652267 #923195 #BD42C1 #CD70D0 #DD9EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BD42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BD42C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C1

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C1	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.214 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d4',
    500: '#bd42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c1;
$custom-light: #d480d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.11,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59823,
    "c": 0.21374,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C1

secondary

#95CC93

accent

#DA4E52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C1

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

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