#BD42CA#BD42CA

#BD42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.221 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42CA
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 66.17, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 81.14, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1784 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.221 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5942, 18.9815, 57.7600)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42CA #4FCA42

analogous

#7942CA #BD42CA #CA4293

triadic

#BD42CA #CABD42 #42CABD

tetradic

#BD42CA #CA7942 #4FCA42 #4293CA

square

#BD42CA #CA7942 #4FCA42 #4293CA

split-complementary

#BD42CA #93CA42 #42CA79

monochromatic

#6A2072 #962DA2 #BD42CA #CE72D7 #DEA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BD42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BD42CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42CA

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42CA	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.221 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480db',
    500: '#bd42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42ca;
$custom-light: #d480db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60332,
    "c": 0.22118,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42CA

secondary

#9CD196

accent

#DF4857

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42CA

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

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