#BD42D1#BD42D1

#BD42D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.227 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D1
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 67.41, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 84.14, 323.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.1783 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.227 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4419, 19.3206, 62.2243)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D1 #56D142

analogous

#7642D1 #BD42D1 #D1429E

triadic

#BD42D1 #D1BD42 #42D1BD

tetradic

#BD42D1 #D17642 #56D142 #429ED1

square

#BD42D1 #D17642 #56D142 #429ED1

split-complementary

#BD42D1 #9ED142 #42D176

monochromatic

#6E1E7B #9A2AAC #BD42D1 #CE73DD #DFA4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BD42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BD42D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D1

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D1	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E71D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.227 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580e0',
    500: '#bd42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d1;
$custom-light: #d580e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.608,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60742,
    "c": 0.22708,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D1

secondary

#A1D699

accent

#E4445A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D1

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

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