#BD42CE#BD42CE

#BD42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.225 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42CE
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 66.88, -48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 82.85, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1784 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.225 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0739, 19.1734, 60.2866)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42CE #53CE42

analogous

#7742CE #BD42CE #CE4299

triadic

#BD42CE #CEBD42 #42CEBD

tetradic

#BD42CE #CE7742 #53CE42 #4299CE

square

#BD42CE #CE7742 #53CE42 #4299CE

split-complementary

#BD42CE #99CE42 #42CE77

monochromatic

#6C1F77 #982BA7 #BD42CE #CE73DB #DFA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BD42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BD42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42CE

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42CE	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1770D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.225 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580dd',
    500: '#bd42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42ce;
$custom-light: #d580dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60565,
    "c": 0.22454,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42CE

secondary

#9FD498

accent

#E24659

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42CE

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

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