#BD42DB#BD42DB

#BD42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.236 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42DB
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 69.24, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 88.50, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1779 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.236 319)
XYZ	xyz(35.7190, 19.8314, 68.9505)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42DB #60DB42

analogous

#7042DB #BD42DB #DB42AD

triadic

#BD42DB #DBBD42 #42DBBD

tetradic

#BD42DB #DB7042 #60DB42 #42ADDB

square

#BD42DB #DB7042 #60DB42 #42ADDB

split-complementary

#BD42DB #ADDB42 #42DB70

monochromatic

#731A89 #9E24BC #BD42DB #CF75E5 #E1A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BD42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BD42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42DB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42DB	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.236 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e7',
    500: '#bd42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42db;
$custom-light: #d581e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.235,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6135,
    "c": 0.2356,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.1983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42DB

secondary

#A9DC9D

accent

#EB3D5F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42DB

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

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