#BD42C9#BD42C9

#BD42C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.220 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42C9
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 65.99, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 80.71, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1784 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.22 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4762, 18.9343, 57.1384)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42C9 #4EC942

analogous

#7A42C9 #BD42C9 #C94291

triadic

#BD42C9 #C9BD42 #42C9BD

tetradic

#BD42C9 #C97A42 #4EC942 #4291C9

square

#BD42C9 #C97A42 #4EC942 #4291C9

split-complementary

#BD42C9 #91C942 #42C97A

monochromatic

#692070 #962EA0 #BD42C9 #CE72D7 #DEA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BD42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BD42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42C9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42C9	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.220 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480da',
    500: '#bd42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42c9;
$custom-light: #d480da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60274,
    "c": 0.22036,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42C9

secondary

#9BD196

accent

#DF4956

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42C9

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

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