#BD42C5#BD42C5

#BD42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.217 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C5
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 65.29, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 79.02, 325.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1784 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.217 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0118, 18.7485, 54.6925)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C5 #4AC542

analogous

#7C42C5 #BD42C5 #C5428C

triadic

#BD42C5 #C5BD42 #42C5BD

tetradic

#BD42C5 #C57C42 #4AC542 #428CC5

square

#BD42C5 #C57C42 #4AC542 #428CC5

split-complementary

#BD42C5 #8CC542 #42C57C

monochromatic

#67216C #942F9A #BD42C5 #CD71D3 #DEA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BD42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BD42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#276EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.217 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d7',
    500: '#bd42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c5;
$custom-light: #d480d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.336,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.21704,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C5

secondary

#98CE95

accent

#DC4B54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C5

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

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