#BD42DC#BD42DC

#BD42DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.236 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42DC
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 69.43, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 88.94, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1778 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.236 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8510, 19.8842, 69.6459)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42DC #61DC42

analogous

#7042DC #BD42DC #DC42AE

triadic

#BD42DC #DCBD42 #42DCBD

tetradic

#BD42DC #DC7042 #61DC42 #42AEDC

square

#BD42DC #DC7042 #61DC42 #42AEDC

split-complementary

#BD42DC #AEDC42 #42DC70

monochromatic

#731A8A #9F23BE #BD42DC #CF76E6 #E1A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BD42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BD42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42DC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42DC	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD608B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.236 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e8',
    500: '#bd42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42dc;
$custom-light: #d581e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.922,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61412,
    "c": 0.23646,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42DC

secondary

#AADD9D

accent

#EC3C60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42DC

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

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