#BC27A6#BC27A6

#BC27A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.222 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC27A6
RGB	rgb(188, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(309, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(309, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 69.00, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 76.97, 333.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.2018 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.222 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3479, 14.8982, 37.4517)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC27A6 #27BC3D

analogous

#8827BC #BC27A6 #BC275C

triadic

#BC27A6 #A6BC27 #27A6BC

tetradic

#BC27A6 #BC8827 #27BC3D #275CBC

square

#BC27A6 #BC8827 #27BC3D #275CBC

split-complementary

#BC27A6 #5CBC27 #27BC88

monochromatic

#57124C #891C79 #BC27A6 #D947C3 #E37AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#BC27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#BC27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC27A6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC27A6	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.222 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d473c1',
    500: '#bc27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc27a6;
$custom-light: #d473c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.859,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55972,
    "c": 0.22228,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC27A6

secondary

#73CB80

accent

#E9583F

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC27A6

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

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