#BC23A4#BC23A4

#BC23A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.224 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC23A4
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 69.72, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 77.40, 334.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.2046 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.224 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0414, 14.5764, 36.4515)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC23A4 #23BC3B

analogous

#8723BC #BC23A4 #BC2357

triadic

#BC23A4 #A4BC23 #23A4BC

tetradic

#BC23A4 #BC8723 #23BC3B #2357BC

square

#BC23A4 #BC8723 #23BC3B #2357BC

split-complementary

#BC23A4 #57BC23 #23BC87

monochromatic

#55104A #881977 #BC23A4 #DC41C3 #E574D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BC23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC23A4

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC23A4	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F72A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.224 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472bf',
    500: '#bc23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc23a4;
$custom-light: #d472bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.412,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5562,
    "c": 0.22428,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC23A4

secondary

#6FCC7D

accent

#EB583C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC23A4

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

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