#BD42D6#BD42D6

#BD42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.231 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D6
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 68.32, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 86.31, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1781 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.231 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0706, 19.5721, 65.5358)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D6 #5BD642

analogous

#7342D6 #BD42D6 #D642A5

triadic

#BD42D6 #D6BD42 #42D6BD

tetradic

#BD42D6 #D67342 #5BD642 #42A5D6

square

#BD42D6 #D67342 #5BD642 #42A5D6

split-complementary

#BD42D6 #A5D642 #42D673

monochromatic

#701C82 #9C27B4 #BD42D6 #CF74E1 #E0A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BD42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BD42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D6

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D6	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.231 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e3',
    500: '#bd42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d6;
$custom-light: #d581e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.865,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61043,
    "c": 0.23132,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D6

secondary

#A5D99B

accent

#E7405D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D6

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

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