#BC21BD#BC21BD

#BC21BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.243 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC21BD
RGBrgb(188, 33, 189)
HSLhsl(300, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(300, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 82.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.25, 73.87, -46.47)
CIE-LCHlch(46.25, 87.27, 327.83°)
OKLaboklab(56.92% 0.2058 -0.1291)
OKLCHoklch(56.92% 0.243 327.9)
XYZxyz(30.4678, 15.4555, 49.5127)
Luminance0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC21BD #22BD21
analogous
#6E21BD #BC21BD #BD2170
triadic
#BC21BD #BDBC21 #21BDBC
tetradic
#BC21BD #BD6E21 #22BD21 #2170BD
square
#BC21BD #BD6E21 #22BD21 #2170BD
split-complementary
#BC21BD #70BD21 #21BD6E
monochromatic
#540F55 #881889 #BC21BD #DC3EDD #E672E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13
#BC21BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09
#BC21BD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC21BD
5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC21BD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC21BD1.005.134.095.13
#FFFFFF5.131.0021.001.00
#0000004.0921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.131.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0061C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5174B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C23F72
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc21bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 33, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.243 327.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d572d1',
    500: '#bc21bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc21bd;
$custom-light: #d572d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc21bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56915,
    "c": 0.24293,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC21BD
secondary
#6DCD6D
accent
#ED3B3C
background
#FDF7FC
surface
#FBEEF9
border
#D4C9D2
text
#150914
muted
#837B82

Preview Lab

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#BC21BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva