#BC40C5#BC40C5

#BC40C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.219 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40C5
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 65.83, -45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 79.85, 325.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1794 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.219 325)
XYZ	xyz(32.6497, 18.3914, 54.6427)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40C5 #49C540

analogous

#7940C5 #BC40C5 #C5408B

triadic

#BC40C5 #C5BC40 #40C5BC

tetradic

#BC40C5 #C57940 #49C540 #408BC5

square

#BC40C5 #C57940 #49C540 #408BC5

split-complementary

#BC40C5 #8BC540 #40C579

monochromatic

#65206A #922F99 #BC40C5 #CC6FD3 #DD9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC40C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40C5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40C5	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.219 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd7',
    500: '#bc40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40c5;
$custom-light: #d47fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.94,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59711,
    "c": 0.21901,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.18389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40C5

secondary

#97CE93

accent

#DD4B55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40C5

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

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