#BC23A5#BC23A5

#BC23A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.225 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC23A5
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 69.86, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 77.75, 333.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.2047 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.225 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1320, 14.6127, 36.9289)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC23A5 #23BC3A

analogous

#8623BC #BC23A5 #BC2358

triadic

#BC23A5 #A5BC23 #23A5BC

tetradic

#BC23A5 #BC8623 #23BC3A #2358BC

square

#BC23A5 #BC8623 #23BC3A #2358BC

split-complementary

#BC23A5 #58BC23 #23BC86

monochromatic

#55104A #881978 #BC23A5 #DC41C4 #E574D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BC23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC23A5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC23A5	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.225 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472c0',
    500: '#bc23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc23a5;
$custom-light: #d472c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.02,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55673,
    "c": 0.22494,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC23A5

secondary

#6FCC7D

accent

#EB573C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC23A5

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

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