#BC40AA#BC40AA

#BC40AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.198 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40AA
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 170)
HSL	hsl(309, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 61.38, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 69.04, 332.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1778 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.198 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8283, 17.2629, 39.7835)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40AA #40BC52

analogous

#9040BC #BC40AA #BC406C

triadic

#BC40AA #AABC40 #40AABC

tetradic

#BC40AA #BC9040 #40BC52 #406CBC

square

#BC40AA #BC9040 #40BC52 #406CBC

split-complementary

#BC40AA #6CBC40 #40BC90

monochromatic

#612157 #8E3081 #BC40AA #CD6CBF #DD9AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC40AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC40AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40AA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40AA	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E68AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.198 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec3',
    500: '#bc40aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40aa;
$custom-light: #d37ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58268,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40AA

secondary

#8FC998

accent

#D9634F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40AA

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

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