#BC40A9#BC40A9

#BC40A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.197 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40A9
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 169)
HSL	hsl(309, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 61.22, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 68.67, 333.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1777 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.197 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7341, 17.2252, 39.2872)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40A9 #40BC53

analogous

#9140BC #BC40A9 #BC406B

triadic

#BC40A9 #A9BC40 #40A9BC

tetradic

#BC40A9 #BC9140 #40BC53 #406BBC

square

#BC40A9 #BC9140 #40BC53 #406BBC

split-complementary

#BC40A9 #6BBC40 #40BC91

monochromatic

#612157 #8E3080 #BC40A9 #CD6CBE #DD9AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC40A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC40A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40A9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40A9	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F68AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.197 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec3',
    500: '#bc40a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40a9;
$custom-light: #d37ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58219,
    "c": 0.19695,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40A9

secondary

#8FC998

accent

#D9644F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40A9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →