#BD42DD#BD42DD

#BD42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.237 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42DD
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, 69.61, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 89.38, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.1777 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.237 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9838, 19.9373, 70.3455)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42DD #62DD42

analogous

#7042DD #BD42DD #DD42B0

triadic

#BD42DD #DDBD42 #42DDBD

tetradic

#BD42DD #DD7042 #62DD42 #42B0DD

square

#BD42DD #DD7042 #62DD42 #42B0DD

split-complementary

#BD42DD #B0DD42 #42DD70

monochromatic

#74198C #9F22BF #BD42DD #CF76E6 #E1AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BD42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BD42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42DD

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42DD	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC608B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.237 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581e8',
    500: '#bd42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42dd;
$custom-light: #d581e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61474,
    "c": 0.23732,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42DD

secondary

#ABDD9D

accent

#EC3B60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42DD

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

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