#BD42E7#BD42E7

#BD42E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.246 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42E7
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 71.50, -60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 93.81, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1768 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.246 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.3560, 20.4862, 77.5723)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42E7 #6CE742

analogous

#6A42E7 #BD42E7 #E742BF

triadic

#BD42E7 #E7BD42 #42E7BD

tetradic

#BD42E7 #E76A42 #6CE742 #42BFE7

square

#BD42E7 #E76A42 #6CE742 #42BFE7

split-complementary

#BD42E7 #BFE742 #42E76A

monochromatic

#78149B #A31BD1 #BD42E7 #D078EE #E3AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BD42E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BD42E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42E7

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42E7	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4080E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.246 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581ef',
    500: '#bd42e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42e7;
$custom-light: #d581ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.727,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6211,
    "c": 0.24597,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.20485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42E7

secondary

#B2E3A2

accent

#F43465

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42E7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →