#BD42D4#BD42D4

#BD42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.230 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D4
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 67.96, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 85.44, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1782 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.23 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8168, 19.4705, 64.1989)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D4 #59D442

analogous

#7442D4 #BD42D4 #D442A2

triadic

#BD42D4 #D4BD42 #42D4BD

tetradic

#BD42D4 #D47442 #59D442 #42A2D4

square

#BD42D4 #D47442 #59D442 #42A2D4

split-complementary

#BD42D4 #A2D442 #42D474

monochromatic

#6F1D7F #9B28B1 #BD42D4 #CE74DF #E0A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BD42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BD42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D4

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D4	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.230 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e2',
    500: '#bd42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d4;
$custom-light: #d581e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60922,
    "c": 0.22961,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D4

secondary

#A4D89A

accent

#E6425C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D4

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

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