#BC27BD#BC27BD

#BC27BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.238 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC27BD
RGB	rgb(188, 39, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 72.46, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 85.66, 327.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.2018 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.238 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6495, 15.8188, 49.5733)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC27BD #28BD27

analogous

#7127BD #BC27BD #BD2773

triadic

#BC27BD #BDBC27 #27BDBC

tetradic

#BC27BD #BD7127 #28BD27 #2773BD

square

#BC27BD #BD7127 #28BD27 #2773BD

split-complementary

#BC27BD #73BD27 #27BD71

monochromatic

#571258 #8A1D8A #BC27BD #D848D9 #E37BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC27BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BC27BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC27BD

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC27BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC27BD	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5375B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc27bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 39, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.238 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d474d1',
    500: '#bc27bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc27bd;
$custom-light: #d474d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc27bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57258,
    "c": 0.23838,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC27BD

secondary

#75CC74

accent

#E93F40

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150914

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC27BD

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

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