#BD42CC#BD42CC

#BD42CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.223 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42CC
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 66.52, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 81.99, 324.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1784 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.223 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8325, 19.0768, 59.0152)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42CC #51CC42

analogous

#7842CC #BD42CC #CC4296

triadic

#BD42CC #CCBD42 #42CCBD

tetradic

#BD42CC #CC7842 #51CC42 #4296CC

square

#BD42CC #CC7842 #51CC42 #4296CC

split-complementary

#BD42CC #96CC42 #42CC78

monochromatic

#6B1F74 #972CA4 #BD42CC #CE72D9 #DFA2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BD42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BD42CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42CC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42CC	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.223 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480dc',
    500: '#bd42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42cc;
$custom-light: #d480dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60448,
    "c": 0.22286,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42CC

secondary

#9ED397

accent

#E14758

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42CC

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

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