#BD42CF#BD42CF

#BD42CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.225 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42CF
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 67.06, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 83.28, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1784 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.225 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1958, 19.2221, 60.9284)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42CF #54CF42

analogous

#7642CF #BD42CF #CF429B

triadic

#BD42CF #CFBD42 #42CFBD

tetradic

#BD42CF #CF7642 #54CF42 #429BCF

square

#BD42CF #CF7642 #54CF42 #429BCF

split-complementary

#BD42CF #9BCF42 #42CF76

monochromatic

#6D1F78 #992BA9 #BD42CF #CE73DB #DFA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BD42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BD42CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42CF

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42CF	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1470D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.225 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580de',
    500: '#bd42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42cf;
$custom-light: #d580de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.34,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60624,
    "c": 0.22539,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42CF

secondary

#A0D598

accent

#E34559

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42CF

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

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