#BC3AD3#BC3AD3

#BC3AD3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.237 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3AD3
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 211)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 72.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 70.46, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 88.29, 322.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1849 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.237 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0086, 18.4225, 63.3799)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3AD3 #51D33A

analogous

#6F3AD3 #BC3AD3 #D33A9E

triadic

#BC3AD3 #D3BC3A #3AD3BC

tetradic

#BC3AD3 #D36F3A #51D33A #3A9ED3

square

#BC3AD3 #D36F3A #51D33A #3A9ED3

split-complementary

#BC3AD3 #9ED33A #3AD36F

monochromatic

#6A1B78 #9626AA #BC3AD3 #CD6CDE #DE9EE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC3AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC3AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC3AD3

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC3AD3	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.237 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47de1',
    500: '#bc3ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3ad3;
$custom-light: #d47de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.98,
    "s": 63.485,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59996,
    "c": 0.23737,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3AD3

secondary

#9DD693

accent

#E7415A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3AD3

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

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