#BC40B8#BC40B8

#BC40B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.208 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B8
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(302, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 63.63, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 74.50, 328.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.179 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.209 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2239, 17.8211, 47.1334)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B8 #40BC44

analogous

#8240BC #BC40B8 #BC407A

triadic

#BC40B8 #B8BC40 #40B8BC

tetradic

#BC40B8 #BC8240 #40BC44 #407ABC

square

#BC40B8 #BC8240 #40BC44 #407ABC

split-complementary

#BC40B8 #7ABC40 #40BC82

monochromatic

#61215F #8E308B #BC40B8 #CD6CCA #DD9ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BC40B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC40B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B8	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.208 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fce',
    500: '#bc40b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b8;
$custom-light: #d47fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.935,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58991,
    "c": 0.2085,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B8

secondary

#8FC991

accent

#D9534F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B8

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

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