#BC40C7#BC40C7

#BC40C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.221 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40C7
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 66.18, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 80.70, 325.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1794 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.221 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8804, 18.4837, 55.8576)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40C7 #4BC740

analogous

#7940C7 #BC40C7 #C7408F

triadic

#BC40C7 #C7BC40 #40C7BC

tetradic

#BC40C7 #C77940 #4BC740 #408FC7

square

#BC40C7 #C77940 #4BC740 #408FC7

split-complementary

#BC40C7 #8FC740 #40C779

monochromatic

#66206D #932E9C #BC40C7 #CD6FD5 #DD9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC40C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC40C7

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC40C7	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.221 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47fd8',
    500: '#bc40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40c7;
$custom-light: #d47fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59826,
    "c": 0.22065,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40C7

secondary

#99CF94

accent

#DE4A56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40C7

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

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