#BD42E0#BD42E0

#BD42E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.240 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42E0
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(287, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 70.17, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 90.70, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1775 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.24 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3871, 20.0987, 72.4693)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42E0 #65E042

analogous

#6E42E0 #BD42E0 #E042B4

triadic

#BD42E0 #E0BD42 #42E0BD

tetradic

#BD42E0 #E06E42 #65E042 #42B4E0

square

#BD42E0 #E06E42 #65E042 #42B4E0

split-complementary

#BD42E0 #B4E042 #42E06E

monochromatic

#751890 #A020C5 #BD42E0 #CF77E9 #E2ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BD42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BD42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42E0

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42E0	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.240 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581ea',
    500: '#bd42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42e0;
$custom-light: #d581ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.709,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61662,
    "c": 0.2399,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42E0

secondary

#ADDF9F

accent

#EF3961

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42E0

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

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