#BC40B0#BC40B0

#BC40B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.202 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B0
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 176)
HSL	hsl(306, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 62.33, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 71.33, 330.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.1784 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.202 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4089, 17.4951, 42.8412)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B0 #40BC4C

analogous

#8A40BC #BC40B0 #BC4072

triadic

#BC40B0 #B0BC40 #40B0BC

tetradic

#BC40B0 #BC8A40 #40BC4C #4072BC

square

#BC40B0 #BC8A40 #40BC4C #4072BC

split-complementary

#BC40B0 #72BC40 #40BC8A

monochromatic

#61215B #8E3085 #BC40B0 #CD6CC4 #DD9AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC40B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC40B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B0

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B0	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3969B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.202 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec8',
    500: '#bc40b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b0;
$custom-light: #d37ec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58571,
    "c": 0.20224,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B0

secondary

#8FC995

accent

#D95C4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B0

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

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