#BD42D3#BD42D3

#BD42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.229 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D3
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 67.78, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 85.01, 322.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1783 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.229 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6910, 19.4202, 63.5366)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D3 #58D342

analogous

#7542D3 #BD42D3 #D342A0

triadic

#BD42D3 #D3BD42 #42D3BD

tetradic

#BD42D3 #D37542 #58D342 #42A0D3

square

#BD42D3 #D37542 #58D342 #42A0D3

split-complementary

#BD42D3 #A0D342 #42D375

monochromatic

#6F1D7D #9B29AF #BD42D3 #CE74DF #E0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BD42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BD42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D3	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0571D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.229 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580e1',
    500: '#bd42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d3;
$custom-light: #d580e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.897,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60862,
    "c": 0.22877,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D3

secondary

#A3D79A

accent

#E5425B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D3

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

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