#BC23A9#BC23A9

#BC23A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.228 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC23A9
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(307, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 70.42, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 79.18, 332.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.2048 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.228 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5018, 14.7606, 38.8764)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC23A9 #23BC36

analogous

#8223BC #BC23A9 #BC235C

triadic

#BC23A9 #A9BC23 #23A9BC

tetradic

#BC23A9 #BC8223 #23BC36 #235CBC

square

#BC23A9 #BC8223 #23BC36 #235CBC

split-complementary

#BC23A9 #5CBC23 #23BC82

monochromatic

#55104C #88197B #BC23A9 #DC41C8 #E574D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#BC23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BC23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC23A9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC23A9	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D73A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.228 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472c3',
    500: '#bc23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc23a9;
$custom-light: #d472c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.451,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55886,
    "c": 0.2276,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC23A9

secondary

#6FCC7A

accent

#EB523C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEDF8

border

#D4C8D1

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC23A9

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

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