#BD42D2#BD42D2

#BD42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.228 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D2
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 67.60, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 84.57, 323.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1783 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.228 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5661, 19.3702, 62.8784)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D2 #57D242

analogous

#7542D2 #BD42D2 #D2429F

triadic

#BD42D2 #D2BD42 #42D2BD

tetradic

#BD42D2 #D27542 #57D242 #429FD2

square

#BD42D2 #D27542 #57D242 #429FD2

split-complementary

#BD42D2 #9FD242 #42D275

monochromatic

#6E1E7C #9A29AD #BD42D2 #CE73DE #E0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BD42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BD42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D2	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0971D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.228 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580e0',
    500: '#bd42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d2;
$custom-light: #d580e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60802,
    "c": 0.22792,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D2

secondary

#A2D799

accent

#E5435B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D2

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

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