#BC27A9#BC27A9

#BC27A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.224 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC27A9
RGB	rgb(188, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(308, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 69.43, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 78.05, 332.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.2019 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.224 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6263, 15.0096, 38.9179)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC27A9 #27BC3A

analogous

#8527BC #BC27A9 #BC275F

triadic

#BC27A9 #A9BC27 #27A9BC

tetradic

#BC27A9 #BC8527 #27BC3A #275FBC

square

#BC27A9 #BC8527 #27BC3A #275FBC

split-complementary

#BC27A9 #5FBC27 #27BC85

monochromatic

#57124E #891C7B #BC27A9 #D947C6 #E37AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#BC27A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BC27A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC27A9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC27A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC27A9	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc27a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.224 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d473c3',
    500: '#bc27a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc27a9;
$custom-light: #d473c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc27a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.651,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56131,
    "c": 0.22431,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC27A9

secondary

#73CB7F

accent

#E9553F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC27A9

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

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