#BC40A8#BC40A8

#BC40A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.196 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40A8
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 168)
HSL	hsl(310, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(310, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 61.07, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 68.30, 333.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1776 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.196 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6406, 17.1878, 38.7947)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40A8 #40BC54

analogous

#9240BC #BC40A8 #BC406A

triadic

#BC40A8 #A8BC40 #40A8BC

tetradic

#BC40A8 #BC9240 #40BC54 #406ABC

square

#BC40A8 #BC9240 #40BC54 #406ABC

split-complementary

#BC40A8 #6ABC40 #40BC92

monochromatic

#612156 #8E307F #BC40A8 #CD6CBD #DD9AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC40A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC40A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40A8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40A8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F67AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.196 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec2',
    500: '#bc40a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40a8;
$custom-light: #d37ec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.677,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5817,
    "c": 0.19621,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40A8

secondary

#8FC999

accent

#D9654F

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40A8

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

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