#BC40B7#BC40B7

#BC40B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.208 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B7
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 63.46, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 74.09, 328.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.179 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.208 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1194, 17.7793, 46.5833)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B7 #40BC45

analogous

#8340BC #BC40B7 #BC4079

triadic

#BC40B7 #B7BC40 #40B7BC

tetradic

#BC40B7 #BC8340 #40BC45 #4079BC

square

#BC40B7 #BC8340 #40BC45 #4079BC

split-complementary

#BC40B7 #79BC40 #40BC83

monochromatic

#61215E #8E308B #BC40B7 #CD6CC9 #DD9ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC40B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC40B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B7

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B7	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.208 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ecd',
    500: '#bc40b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b7;
$custom-light: #d47ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.419,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58938,
    "c": 0.20771,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B7

secondary

#8FC992

accent

#D9554F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B7

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

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