#BC40B5#BC40B5

#BC40B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.206 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B5
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(303, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 63.13, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 73.30, 329.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1788 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.206 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9127, 17.6966, 45.4947)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B5 #40BC47

analogous

#8540BC #BC40B5 #BC4077

triadic

#BC40B5 #B5BC40 #40B5BC

tetradic

#BC40B5 #BC8540 #40BC47 #4077BC

square

#BC40B5 #BC8540 #40BC47 #4077BC

split-complementary

#BC40B5 #77BC40 #40BC85

monochromatic

#61215D #8E3089 #BC40B5 #CD6CC8 #DD9AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BC40B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC40B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.206 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ecb',
    500: '#bc40b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b5;
$custom-light: #d47ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.387,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58832,
    "c": 0.20613,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B5

secondary

#8FC993

accent

#D9574F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →