#BD42D9#BD42D9

#BD42D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.234 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42D9
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 68.87, -54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 87.62, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.178 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.234 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4573, 19.7267, 67.5721)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42D9 #5ED942

analogous

#7142D9 #BD42D9 #D942AA

triadic

#BD42D9 #D9BD42 #42D9BD

tetradic

#BD42D9 #D97142 #5ED942 #42AAD9

square

#BD42D9 #D97142 #5ED942 #42AAD9

split-complementary

#BD42D9 #AAD942 #42D971

monochromatic

#721B86 #9D25B9 #BD42D9 #CF75E3 #E1A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BD42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#BD42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42D9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42D9	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.234 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e5',
    500: '#bd42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42d9;
$custom-light: #d581e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.874,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61226,
    "c": 0.23388,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42D9

secondary

#A8DB9C

accent

#E93E5E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42D9

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

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