#BC40BC#BC40BC

#BC40BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.212 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40BC
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 64.29, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 76.12, 327.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1792 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.212 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6491, 17.9912, 49.3729)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40BC #40BC40

analogous

#7E40BC #BC40BC #BC407E

triadic

#BC40BC #BCBC40 #40BCBC

tetradic

#BC40BC #BC7E40 #40BC40 #407EBC

square

#BC40BC #BC7E40 #40BC40 #407EBC

split-complementary

#BC40BC #7EBC40 #40BC7E

monochromatic

#612161 #8E308E #BC40BC #CD6CCD #DD9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BC40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC40BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40BC

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40BC	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E6BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.212 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd0',
    500: '#bc40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40bc;
$custom-light: #d47fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59208,
    "c": 0.21169,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40BC

secondary

#8FC98F

accent

#D94F4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40BC

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

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