#BC40BB#BC40BB

#BC40BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.211 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40BB
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 64.13, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 75.71, 327.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1792 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.211 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5417, 17.9482, 48.8071)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40BB #40BC41

analogous

#7F40BC #BC40BB #BC407D

triadic

#BC40BB #BBBC40 #40BBBC

tetradic

#BC40BB #BC7F40 #40BC41 #407DBC

square

#BC40BB #BC7F40 #40BC41 #407DBC

split-complementary

#BC40BB #7DBC40 #40BC7F

monochromatic

#612160 #8E308E #BC40BB #CD6CCC #DD9ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC40BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40BB

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40BB	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.211 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd0',
    500: '#bc40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40bb;
$custom-light: #d47fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59153,
    "c": 0.21089,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40BB

secondary

#8FC990

accent

#D9504F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40BB

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

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