#BC40B1#BC40B1

#BC40B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.203 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B1
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 62.49, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 71.72, 330.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.1785 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.203 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5082, 17.5348, 43.3642)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B1 #40BC4B

analogous

#8940BC #BC40B1 #BC4073

triadic

#BC40B1 #B1BC40 #40B1BC

tetradic

#BC40B1 #BC8940 #40BC4B #4073BC

square

#BC40B1 #BC8940 #40BC4B #4073BC

split-complementary

#BC40B1 #73BC40 #40BC89

monochromatic

#61215B #8E3086 #BC40B1 #CD6CC4 #DD9AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC40B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC40B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B1	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3969B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.203 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec8',
    500: '#bc40b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b1;
$custom-light: #d37ec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58623,
    "c": 0.20302,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B1

secondary

#8FC994

accent

#D95B4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B1

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

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