#BD42D7#BD42D7

#BD42D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.232 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D7
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 68.50, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 86.75, 322.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1781 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.232 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1987, 19.6233, 66.2104)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D7 #5CD742

analogous

#7242D7 #BD42D7 #D742A7

triadic

#BD42D7 #D7BD42 #42D7BD

tetradic

#BD42D7 #D77242 #5CD742 #42A7D7

square

#BD42D7 #D77242 #5CD742 #42A7D7

split-complementary

#BD42D7 #A7D742 #42D772

monochromatic

#711C83 #9C26B5 #BD42D7 #CF75E2 #E0A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BD42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BD42D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D7

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D7	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.232 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e4',
    500: '#bd42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d7;
$custom-light: #d581e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.53,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61104,
    "c": 0.23218,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D7

secondary

#A6DA9B

accent

#E8405D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D7

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

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