#BD42E2#BD42E2

#BD42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.242 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42E2
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 70.55, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 91.59, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.1773 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.242 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6599, 20.2078, 73.9062)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42E2 #67E242

analogous

#6D42E2 #BD42E2 #E242B7

triadic

#BD42E2 #E2BD42 #42E2BD

tetradic

#BD42E2 #E26D42 #67E242 #42B7E2

square

#BD42E2 #E26D42 #67E242 #42B7E2

split-complementary

#BD42E2 #B7E242 #42E26D

monochromatic

#761793 #A11FC8 #BD42E2 #D077EA #E2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BD42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BD42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42E2

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42E2	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4680DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.242 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581ec',
    500: '#bd42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42e2;
$custom-light: #d581ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61789,
    "c": 0.24164,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42E2

secondary

#AEE09F

accent

#F03862

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42E2

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

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