#BD42C8#BD42C8

#BD42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.220 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C8
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 65.82, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 80.29, 325.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1784 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.22 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3589, 18.8874, 56.5209)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C8 #4DC842

analogous

#7A42C8 #BD42C8 #C84290

triadic

#BD42C8 #C8BD42 #42C8BD

tetradic

#BD42C8 #C87A42 #4DC842 #4290C8

square

#BD42C8 #C87A42 #4DC842 #4290C8

split-complementary

#BD42C8 #90C842 #42C87A

monochromatic

#69206F #952E9F #BD42C8 #CE71D6 #DEA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BD42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BD42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C8	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.220 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480d9',
    500: '#bd42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c8;
$custom-light: #d480d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.075,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60217,
    "c": 0.21952,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C8

secondary

#9AD096

accent

#DE4A56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C8

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

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