#BD42C3#BD42C3

#BD42C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.215 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C3
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 64.95, -43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 78.19, 326.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.1784 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.215 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7841, 18.6575, 53.4936)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C3 #48C342

analogous

#7C42C3 #BD42C3 #C34288

triadic

#BD42C3 #C3BD42 #42C3BD

tetradic

#BD42C3 #C37C42 #48C342 #4288C3

square

#BD42C3 #C37C42 #48C342 #4288C3

split-complementary

#BD42C3 #88C342 #42C37C

monochromatic

#662169 #933098 #BD42C3 #CD70D2 #DD9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BD42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BD42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C3	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.215 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d6',
    500: '#bd42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c3;
$custom-light: #d480d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.209,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59934,
    "c": 0.21539,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C3

secondary

#97CD94

accent

#DB4D53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C3

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

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