#BC40B3#BC40B3

#BC40B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.205 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B3
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 62.81, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 72.50, 330.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1787 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.205 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7090, 17.6151, 44.4217)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B3 #40BC49

analogous

#8740BC #BC40B3 #BC4075

triadic

#BC40B3 #B3BC40 #40B3BC

tetradic

#BC40B3 #BC8740 #40BC49 #4075BC

square

#BC40B3 #BC8740 #40BC49 #4075BC

split-complementary

#BC40B3 #75BC40 #40BC87

monochromatic

#61215C #8E3088 #BC40B3 #CD6CC6 #DD9AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC40B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC40B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B3

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B3	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3769B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.205 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37eca',
    500: '#bc40b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b3;
$custom-light: #d37eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58727,
    "c": 0.20456,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B3

secondary

#8FC993

accent

#D9594F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B3

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

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