#BC23A6#BC23A6

#BC23A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.226 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC23A6
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 70.00, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 78.10, 333.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.2047 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.226 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2234, 14.6492, 37.4102)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC23A6 #23BC39

analogous

#8523BC #BC23A6 #BC235A

triadic

#BC23A6 #A6BC23 #23A6BC

tetradic

#BC23A6 #BC8523 #23BC39 #235ABC

square

#BC23A6 #BC8523 #23BC39 #235ABC

split-complementary

#BC23A6 #5ABC23 #23BC85

monochromatic

#55104B #881978 #BC23A6 #DC41C5 #E574D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BC23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC23A6

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC23A6	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E73A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.226 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472c1',
    500: '#bc23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc23a6;
$custom-light: #d472c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.627,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55725,
    "c": 0.22561,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC23A6

secondary

#6FCC7C

accent

#EB563C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC23A6

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

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