#BC40BA#BC40BA

#BC40BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.210 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40BA
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 63.96, -39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 75.30, 328.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1791 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.21 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4350, 17.9055, 48.2453)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40BA #40BC42

analogous

#8040BC #BC40BA #BC407C

triadic

#BC40BA #BABC40 #40BABC

tetradic

#BC40BA #BC8040 #40BC42 #407CBC

square

#BC40BA #BC8040 #40BC42 #407CBC

split-complementary

#BC40BA #7CBC40 #40BC80

monochromatic

#612160 #8E308D #BC40BA #CD6CCB #DD9ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC40BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40BA

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40BA	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.210 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fcf',
    500: '#bc40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40ba;
$custom-light: #d47fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59099,
    "c": 0.21009,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40BA

secondary

#8FC990

accent

#D9514F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40BA

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

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