#BC40B9#BC40B9

#BC40B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.209 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40B9
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 63.79, -39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 74.90, 328.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1791 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.209 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3291, 17.8631, 47.6874)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40B9 #40BC43

analogous

#8140BC #BC40B9 #BC407B

triadic

#BC40B9 #B9BC40 #40B9BC

tetradic

#BC40B9 #BC8140 #40BC43 #407BBC

square

#BC40B9 #BC8140 #40BC43 #407BBC

split-complementary

#BC40B9 #7BBC40 #40BC81

monochromatic

#61215F #8E308C #BC40B9 #CD6CCB #DD9ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BC40B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BC40B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40B9

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40B9	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.209 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fce',
    500: '#bc40b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40b9;
$custom-light: #d47fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59045,
    "c": 0.20929,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40B9

secondary

#8FC991

accent

#D9524F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40B9

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

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