#BC40B2#BC40B2

#BC40B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.204 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B2
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 62.65, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 72.11, 330.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1786 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.204 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6082, 17.5748, 43.8910)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B2 #40BC4A

analogous

#8840BC #BC40B2 #BC4074

triadic

#BC40B2 #B2BC40 #40B2BC

tetradic

#BC40B2 #BC8840 #40BC4A #4074BC

square

#BC40B2 #BC8840 #40BC4A #4074BC

split-complementary

#BC40B2 #74BC40 #40BC88

monochromatic

#61215C #8E3087 #BC40B2 #CD6CC5 #DD9AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC40B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B2

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B2	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3869B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.204 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec9',
    500: '#bc40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b2;
$custom-light: #d37ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58675,
    "c": 0.20379,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B2

secondary

#8FC994

accent

#D95A4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B2

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

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