#BD42D5#BD42D5

#BD42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.230 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D5
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 68.14, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 85.88, 322.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1782 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.23 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9433, 19.5211, 64.8653)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D5 #5AD542

analogous

#7442D5 #BD42D5 #D542A4

triadic

#BD42D5 #D5BD42 #42D5BD

tetradic

#BD42D5 #D57442 #5AD542 #42A4D5

square

#BD42D5 #D57442 #5AD542 #42A4D5

split-complementary

#BD42D5 #A4D542 #42D574

monochromatic

#701C80 #9C28B2 #BD42D5 #CE74E0 #E0A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BD42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BD42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D5	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.230 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e2',
    500: '#bd42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d5;
$custom-light: #d581e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.204,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60982,
    "c": 0.23047,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D5

secondary

#A5D89A

accent

#E7415C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D5

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

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