#BC21B9#BC21B9

#BC21B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.240 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC21B9
RGB	rgb(188, 33, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(301, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 73.25, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 85.70, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.206 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.24 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0396, 15.2842, 47.2575)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC21B9 #21BC24

analogous

#7121BC #BC21B9 #BC216B

triadic

#BC21B9 #B9BC21 #21B9BC

tetradic

#BC21B9 #BC7121 #21BC24 #216BBC

square

#BC21B9 #BC7121 #21BC24 #216BBC

split-complementary

#BC21B9 #6BBC21 #21BC71

monochromatic

#540F53 #881886 #BC21B9 #DD3DDA #E671E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#BC21B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC21B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC21B9

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC21B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC21B9	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5374B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc21b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 33, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.240 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d572ce',
    500: '#bc21b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc21b9;
$custom-light: #d572ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc21b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.161,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56677,
    "c": 0.2401,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC21B9

secondary

#6CCD6E

accent

#ED3E3B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEDF9

border

#D4C8D2

text

#150914

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC21B9

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

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