#BC27A8#BC27A8

#BC27A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.224 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC27A8
RGB	rgb(188, 39, 168)
HSL	hsl(308, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 69.29, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 77.69, 333.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.2019 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.224 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5328, 14.9721, 38.4254)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC27A8 #27BC3B

analogous

#8627BC #BC27A8 #BC275D

triadic

#BC27A8 #A8BC27 #27A8BC

tetradic

#BC27A8 #BC8627 #27BC3B #275DBC

square

#BC27A8 #BC8627 #27BC3B #275DBC

split-complementary

#BC27A8 #5DBC27 #27BC86

monochromatic

#57124D #891C7B #BC27A8 #D947C5 #E37AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#BC27A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#BC27A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC27A8

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC27A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC27A8	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc27a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 39, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.224 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d473c2',
    500: '#bc27a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc27a8;
$custom-light: #d473c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc27a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.054,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56078,
    "c": 0.22363,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC27A8

secondary

#73CB7F

accent

#E9563F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC27A8

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

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