#BD42C4#BD42C4

#BD42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.216 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C4
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 65.12, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 78.60, 325.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1784 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.216 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8976, 18.7028, 54.0911)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C4 #49C442

analogous

#7C42C4 #BD42C4 #C4428A

triadic

#BD42C4 #C4BD42 #42C4BD

tetradic

#BD42C4 #C47C42 #49C442 #428AC4

square

#BD42C4 #C47C42 #49C442 #428AC4

split-complementary

#BD42C4 #8AC442 #42C47C

monochromatic

#66216A #933099 #BD42C4 #CD71D3 #DE9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BD42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BD42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C4	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.216 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d6',
    500: '#bd42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c4;
$custom-light: #d480d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5999,
    "c": 0.21621,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C4

secondary

#97CE94

accent

#DC4C54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C4

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

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