#BD42C6#BD42C6

#BD42C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.218 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C6
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 65.47, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 79.44, 325.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1784 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.218 325)
XYZ	xyz(33.1267, 18.7945, 55.2980)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C6 #4BC642

analogous

#7B42C6 #BD42C6 #C6428D

triadic

#BD42C6 #C6BD42 #42C6BD

tetradic

#BD42C6 #C67B42 #4BC642 #428DC6

square

#BD42C6 #C67B42 #4BC642 #428DC6

split-complementary

#BD42C6 #8DC642 #42C67B

monochromatic

#68216D #942F9C #BD42C6 #CD71D4 #DEA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BD42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BD42C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C6	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#266ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.218 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d8',
    500: '#bd42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c6;
$custom-light: #d480d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60103,
    "c": 0.21786,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.18792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C6

secondary

#99CF95

accent

#DD4B55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C6

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

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