#BD42E8#BD42E8

#BD42E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.247 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD42E8
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 232)
HSL	hsl(284, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 71.69, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 94.25, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1767 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.247 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4977, 20.5429, 78.3182)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD42E8 #6DE842

analogous

#6A42E8 #BD42E8 #E842C0

triadic

#BD42E8 #E8BD42 #42E8BD

tetradic

#BD42E8 #E86A42 #6DE842 #42C0E8

square

#BD42E8 #E86A42 #6DE842 #42C0E8

split-complementary

#BD42E8 #C0E842 #42E86A

monochromatic

#79139D #A31AD3 #BD42E8 #D079EF #E3AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BD42E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BD42E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD42E8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD42E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD42E8	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd42e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.247 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d581f0',
    500: '#bd42e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd42e8;
$custom-light: #d581f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd42e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.458,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62175,
    "c": 0.24684,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD42E8

secondary

#B3E4A2

accent

#F53365

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD42E8

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

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