#BC40AC#BC40AC

#BC40AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.199 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40AC
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 172)
HSL	hsl(308, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 61.69, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 69.80, 332.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.1781 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.199 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0190, 17.3391, 40.7875)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40AC #40BC50

analogous

#8E40BC #BC40AC #BC406E

triadic

#BC40AC #ACBC40 #40ACBC

tetradic

#BC40AC #BC8E40 #40BC50 #406EBC

square

#BC40AC #BC8E40 #40BC50 #406EBC

split-complementary

#BC40AC #6EBC40 #40BC8E

monochromatic

#612158 #8E3082 #BC40AC #CD6CC1 #DD9AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC40AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC40AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40AC

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40AC	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D68AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.199 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec5',
    500: '#bc40ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40ac;
$custom-light: #d37ec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58368,
    "c": 0.19919,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40AC

secondary

#8FC997

accent

#D9614F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40AC

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

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