#BC40BE#BC40BE

#BC40BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.213 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40BE
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 64.63, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 76.94, 327.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1793 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.213 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8662, 18.0780, 50.5162)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40BE #42BE40

analogous

#7D40BE #BC40BE #BE4081

triadic

#BC40BE #BEBC40 #40BEBC

tetradic

#BC40BE #BE7D40 #42BE40 #4081BE

square

#BC40BE #BE7D40 #42BE40 #4081BE

split-complementary

#BC40BE #81BE40 #40BE7D

monochromatic

#612162 #8F3190 #BC40BE #CC6DCE #DC9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BC40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC40BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40BE

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40BE	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.213 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd2',
    500: '#bc40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40be;
$custom-light: #d47fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.048,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59318,
    "c": 0.2133,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40BE

secondary

#91C990

accent

#D94F51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40BE

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

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