#BC40BD#BC40BD

#BC40BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.212 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40BD
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 64.46, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 76.53, 327.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1793 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.213 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7573, 18.0344, 49.9426)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40BD #41BD40

analogous

#7E40BD #BC40BD #BD4080

triadic

#BC40BD #BDBC40 #40BDBC

tetradic

#BC40BD #BD7E40 #41BD40 #4080BD

square

#BC40BD #BD7E40 #41BD40 #4080BD

split-complementary

#BC40BD #80BD40 #40BD7E

monochromatic

#612162 #8F318F #BC40BD #CD6DCD #DC9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC40BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BC40BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40BD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40BD	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.212 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd1',
    500: '#bc40bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40bd;
$custom-light: #d47fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59263,
    "c": 0.2125,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40BD

secondary

#90C990

accent

#D94F50

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40BD

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

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