#BD42E3#BD42E3

#BD42E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.242 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42E3
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 70.74, -58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 92.03, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.1772 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.243 317)
XYZ	xyz(36.7975, 20.2628, 74.6309)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42E3 #68E342

analogous

#6D42E3 #BD42E3 #E342B8

triadic

#BD42E3 #E3BD42 #42E3BD

tetradic

#BD42E3 #E36D42 #68E342 #42B8E3

square

#BD42E3 #E36D42 #68E342 #42B8E3

split-complementary

#BD42E3 #B8E342 #42E36D

monochromatic

#771695 #A11ECA #BD42E3 #D077EB #E2ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BD42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BD42E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42E3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42E3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB638F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.242 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581ed',
    500: '#bd42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42e3;
$custom-light: #d581ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.839,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61853,
    "c": 0.2425,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.20261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42E3

secondary

#AFE1A0

accent

#F13763

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42E3

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

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