#BD42CB#BD42CB

#BD42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.222 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42CB
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(294, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 66.34, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 81.56, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.1784 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.222 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7130, 19.0290, 58.3856)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42CB #50CB42

analogous

#7942CB #BD42CB #CB4294

triadic

#BD42CB #CBBD42 #42CBBD

tetradic

#BD42CB #CB7942 #50CB42 #4294CB

square

#BD42CB #CB7942 #50CB42 #4294CB

split-complementary

#BD42CB #94CB42 #42CB79

monochromatic

#6A2073 #972DA3 #BD42CB #CE72D8 #DFA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BD42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BD42CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42CB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42CB	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.222 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480db',
    500: '#bd42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42cb;
$custom-light: #d480db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.869,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6039,
    "c": 0.22203,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42CB

secondary

#9DD297

accent

#E04857

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42CB

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

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