#BC40C6#BC40C6

#BC40C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.220 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40C6
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 66.01, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 80.28, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1794 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.22 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7647, 18.4374, 55.2481)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40C6 #4AC640

analogous

#7940C6 #BC40C6 #C6408D

triadic

#BC40C6 #C6BC40 #40C6BC

tetradic

#BC40C6 #C67940 #4AC640 #408DC6

square

#BC40C6 #C67940 #4AC640 #408DC6

split-complementary

#BC40C6 #8DC640 #40C679

monochromatic

#66206C #932E9B #BC40C6 #CD6FD4 #DD9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC40C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40C6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40C6	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.220 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd8',
    500: '#bc40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40c6;
$custom-light: #d47fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.522,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59768,
    "c": 0.21983,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40C6

secondary

#98CE93

accent

#DD4A55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40C6

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

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