#BD42C2#BD42C2

#BD42C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.215 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C2
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 64.77, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 77.77, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1783 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.215 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6715, 18.6124, 52.9002)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C2 #47C242

analogous

#7D42C2 #BD42C2 #C24287

triadic

#BD42C2 #C2BD42 #42C2BD

tetradic

#BD42C2 #C27D42 #47C242 #4287C2

square

#BD42C2 #C27D42 #47C242 #4287C2

split-complementary

#BD42C2 #87C242 #42C27D

monochromatic

#652268 #923196 #BD42C2 #CD70D1 #DD9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BD42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BD42C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C2	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.215 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d5',
    500: '#bd42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c2;
$custom-light: #d480d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.656,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59878,
    "c": 0.21456,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C2

secondary

#96CC94

accent

#DB4D53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C2

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

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