#BD42C7#BD42C7

#BD42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.219 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C7
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 65.64, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 79.87, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1784 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.219 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2425, 18.8408, 55.9075)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C7 #4CC742

analogous

#7B42C7 #BD42C7 #C7428E

triadic

#BD42C7 #C7BD42 #42C7BD

tetradic

#BD42C7 #C77B42 #4CC742 #428EC7

square

#BD42C7 #C77B42 #4CC742 #428EC7

split-complementary

#BD42C7 #8EC742 #42C77B

monochromatic

#68216E #952F9D #BD42C7 #CD71D5 #DEA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BD42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BD42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C7	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.219 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d8',
    500: '#bd42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c7;
$custom-light: #d480d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.489,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6016,
    "c": 0.21869,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C7

secondary

#9AD095

accent

#DE4A55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C7

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

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